Archive for category: Updates
Naturlehrpfad Scharnstein - "Schneckenweg"Naturlehrpfad Scharnstein

MoFA excursion to Scharnstein 2026

Dear friends of malacology! On 18. September 2026, this year’s MoFA excursion will take us to Scharnstein in the Almtal valley, Upper Austria. We will visit the nature trail dedicated to native snails (‘Schneckenweg’), which opened…

Arianta 13 – call for papers

Dear friends of malacology, the next edition of our scientific journal, ARIANTA 13, is in preparation! We have already received a number of manuscript submissions, and the editorial team is still accepting further submissions until the…
© S. Bamberger

Day of biodiversity in July 2026

Dear MoFA members and friends of malacology! On 11. July 2026, the annual Day of Biodiversity in Tyrol will take place in the Ötztal valley, just as it was in 2007. During the Day of Biodiversity in 2007, not a single mollusc species was…
25. Newsletter Malakologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft am Haus der Natur SalzburgMalakologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft, Haus der Natur, Salzburg

New newsletter from the Malakologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Salzburg

Dear friends of Malacology, we are pleased to share the 25th edition of the newsletter of the Malakologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Salzburg. We hope you enjoy reading!
Schneckenweihnachtskekse 2025Helmut Sattmann

Merry Christmas

Dear MoFA members, dear friends of malacology, in 2025, we look back on another successful year, including a landscape maintenance campaign in Bad Fischau-Brunn (in cooperation with the  Landschaftspflegeverein Thermenlinie) to benefit the…
Two Arion vulgaris slugs mating. Foto: A. MrkvickaA. Mrkvicka

Call for applications

The Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, is seeking to fill as soon as possible the following position in the Zoology Department, Section Malacology in Görlitz (Germany): Technical Assistant (m/f/d) Employment:…
24. Newsletter Malakologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft am Haus der Natur SalzburgMalakologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft, Haus der Natur, Salzburg

New newsletter of the Malakologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Salzburg

Dear friends of Malacology, we are pleased to share the 24th edition of the newsletter of the Malakologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Salzburg. Enjoy reading and have a wonderful pre-Christmas period!

Arianta 12 just published

Dear MoFA members, dear friends of malacology! The latest issue of our scientific journal ARIANTA has just been published online – ARIANTA 12. We are pleased to cover a diverse mix of exciting malacological topics in this brand-new…
Cepaea nemoralis shellsNHM Wien

CORE (Collection Research) grant 2026

The CORE program invites applications of scientists for short term visits to study the globally and regionally important biological and paleontological collections of the Oberösterreichische Landes-Kultur GmbH (OÖLKG) in Linz, Austria. The…