Merry Christmas
UpdatesDear MoFA members, dear friends of malacology,
we look back on a very successful year 2024, with the publication of the MoFA-journal Arianta 11, with online contributions on snails in the garden, a series of Ö1 broadcasts on the mollusc…
New newsletter of the Malakologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Salzburg
UpdatesDear friends of malacology,
we are pleased to share the latest edition of the newsletter of the Malakologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Salzburg.
We hope you enjoy reading!
ARIANTA – call for papers
UpdatesDear members and friends of MoFA,
Our beautiful and widely read and cited journal ARIANTA is not only a publication platform for scientific malacological articles, but also an important medium for the association both internally and externally.
The…
The Danube freshwater nerite – certainly no evil snail
UpdatesThe flood disaster on the Perschling River in Lower Austria has affected us all deeply, especially the incredible and outright false reports claiming that Theodoxus danubialis or the protection of this snail has delayed or even prevented the…
New newsletter of the Malakologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Salzburg
UpdatesDear friends of malacology,
we are pleased to share the latest edition of the newsletter of the Malakologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Salzburg.
We hope you enjoy reading!
Video with Markus Burkhard about “snails in the garden” (in german)
UpdatesKatharina Mason, currently the secretary of the society MoFA, has explored the topic of various snails in the garden with Markus Burkhard on his YouTube channel. Lesser-known snail species are shown, facts about snails are shared, and some tips…
FAQ on the Spanish Slug Arion vulgaris
UpdatesIs the Spanish slug native to Austria?
The origin of the "Spanish" slug is not 100% certain. It is certain that it does not come from Spain, and it has also been disproven that it originally came from Central Europe, as a study from 2014…
Arianta 11 just published
UpdatesDear MoFA members, dear friends of malacology!
We are very pleased to present the latest issue of our scientific journal - ARIANTA 11.
Haring, E., Sattmann, H., & Patzner, R. A. (Eds.). (2024). Arianta 11. Verlag des Naturhistorischen…
Latest news
UpdatesDatabase with identification key for terrestrial gastropods online:
After nearly three years of work, member Rudolf Kapeller's comprehensive database on European mollusks, now including the identification key for terrestrial gastropods, is…
New newsletter of the Malakologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Salzburg
UpdatesDear MoFA members, dear friends of malacology,
the 20th edition of the newsletter of the Malakologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Salzburg has just been published.
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2024!