Hypselodoris bullocki

Call for applications

Dear MoFA members, dear friends of malacology, we would like to draw your attention to some interesting job postings:   The LIB Hamburg is inviting to apply for the position of Technical Assistant in the Malacological Collection. Deadline…
Aegopis verticillusK. Mason

Program of the 3rd MoFA meeting 2023

Dear friends of malacology! We are pleased to share the program for the 2023 MoFA meeting. It will be a very diverse and exciting meeting. Of course, spontaneous participation is always possible and we welcome all interested people! Registrations…
Malakologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft, Haus der Natur, Salzburg

New newsletter of the Malakologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Salzburg

Dear friends of malacology, we are pleased to share the latest edition of the newsletter of the Malakologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Salzburg. We hope you enjoy reading!
A. Mrkvicka

SNAILPOP – Search for Great Pond Snail populations

Dear MoFA members, dear friends of malacology! Help in locating occurrences of the Great Pond Snail Lymnaea stagnalis is requested: Prof. Seppälä and his team from the University of Innsbruck are examining the effects of heat waves on…
Aegopis verticillusK. Mason

Registration deadline for 3rd MoFA conference EXTENDED

The MoFA conference is getting closer! Date: 18-19 August 2023 in Lunz/See, Lower Austria Your early registration will make our planning easier! Registration deadline and abstract submission extended! 30 June 2023 → Webpage We…
Cepaea nemoralis shellsNHM Wien

Call for applications Digitisation Biology Centre

Dear MoFA members, dear friends of malacology, the OÖ LandeskulturGmbH is inviting to apply for some positions for the digitisation of the Evertebrata collection, focusing especially on the molluscs and the insects! https://www.ooeku…
Arianta10. Foto: A. MrkvickaMoFA

Arianta 10 just published

The current issue of our scientific journal ARIANTA has just been published online: We are particularly pleased to cover with this issue a wide variety of topics, ranging from land snails, freshwater mussels, and marine molluscs to a…
Caucasotachaea vindobonensis, Foto A. MrkvickaAlexander Mrkvicka

Lecture “Neu erforscht – das Schicksal der Wiener Schnecken und Muscheln”

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The zoologist and landscape planner Dr. Michael Duda will give a talk (in German) at the Haus des Meeres in Vienna on the subject Neu erforscht – das Schicksal der Wiener Schnecken und Muscheln Monday 20. March 2023  at 18:30 Haus des…
Hydrobioids of the Kalkalpen national park ©NHM WienNHM Wien

Publication on hydrobioids of the Kalkalpen national park

The MoFA award winner of 2021 Hannah Schubert MSc has recently published the results of her master thesis together with colleagues, in which hydrobioids of the NP Kalkalpen are also compared with others from Austria. BIG THANKS again to all…

Journal Arianta Early View

Dear MoFA members, dear friends of malacology! The compilation of issue 10 of our scientific journal ARIANTA is proceeding. In order to present the first prepared articles ahead of the publication of the definitive issue, we have placed…