A paper not about Neotropical molluscs but still relevant as it contains some information about the Australasian family of the Orthalicoidea, is the small paper by Topley about the illustrator Guy Wilkins. mais 82 palavras
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Where is the Miller collection?
Just published: a paper on Konrad Miller, giving a short biography and a list of described taxa. Most of his fossil material has been located, but for me the big question is: where is the Miller collection with Recent material from Ecuador? mais 72 palavras
Malacological contacts mid-19th century
This time attention for a recent paper about the history of malacology, with a sociological twist: Breure & Heiberger published a study about contacts between malacologists in the mid-19th century and applied network analysis on their data. mais 56 palavras
Crosse bio-bibliography
Hippolyte Crosse is for many malacologists a well-known name, but only limited information is until now published about his life and work. Just published: an extensive biography with data on his collection and his work for the… mais 105 palavras
New Granada
Working on a paper related to Colombian Drymaeus reveals some well-known puzzles about old localities who have not been traced again. In fact, the denomination of the area as “New Grenada” is somewhat of a puzzle, as the meaning of that terminology has shifted over time. mais 771 palavras
Auguste Ghiesbreght's travels in Mexico
Through serendipity I found an interesting paper on Auguste Ghiesbreght and his collecting work in Mexico (Schätti et al., 2018). Ghiesbreght (1812-1893) was a Belgian botanist, who lived for several decades in Mexico and collected plants, animals and other natural history objects, which were shipped to Europe for identification. mais 134 palavras
