Field trip to Belshi karst lakes Albania

In July 2018 representatives of the Natural History Museum Vienna (Elisabeth Haring and Helmut Sattmann) together with Sajmir Beqiraj and Xhoia Mujali (University of Tirana), went for an excursion to the karst lakes of the Belshi region south…

Save the date – Alpine Land Snails Workshop Johnsbach 2018

This year we celebrate a special anniversary of the “Alpine Landsnails workshop” in Johnsbach! It will take place Sunday August 19th to Thursday 23rd. (The arrival might be changed to Monday, thus the official programme will start on…

Annual Meeting of the DMG 2018

This year the Annual Meeting of the German Malacological Society takes place in Cismar (Germany) from the 18.05.2018 to the 21.05.2018. They celebrate a big anniversary! - 150 years German Malacological Society Invitation and preliminary…

Animal of the month – Helicodonta obvoluta

On the homepage of the Biologiezentrum Linz you can find a section called "plant, animal, lichen, fossil, mineral or collector of the month". In July they happily chose a snail: the cheese snail which is mainly characterised by its hairy shell.…
Unio crassus, Foto: A. MrkvickaA. Mrkvicka

Foundation of the society “Mollusc Research Austria (MoFA)”

We are pleased to announce the foundation of the society „Mollusc Research Austria (MoFA)“, which was authorised by public authority in August 2016. MoFA is a society based in Austria aiming to promote activities of Austrian malacologists…