Anatomical revision of Alopiinae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Clausiliidae) Testing genital characters in clausiliid systematics The systematics of Alopiinae clausilids is almost exclusively based upon shell features, even if some difference in the genital apparatus is...
Montenegrina – Ecology Recently we started studies on a population of the rock dwelling door snail species Montenegrina subcristata with respect of population size, activity, range, growth and habitat preferences. This study is part of an OeAD-WTZ-co-operation project...
Barcoding of Austrian molluscs Communication: Anita Eschner, Luise Kruckenhauser The (long-term) goal of the Initiative Austrian Barcode of Life is to characterize all species of animals, plants and fungi in Austria using DNA barcodes and to store the sequences...
Small heath snails Small heath snails – major questions: Initial attempts to clarify the situation of Helicopsis striata in Austria Communication: Anita Eschner, Katharina Mason Striped heath snail Helicopsis striata (O. F. Müller 1774) “Hungarian” heath snail...
In terms of the geographical range we are broadening the area of interest towards the Balkans. The high species diversity, the large number of narrow-range endemic taxa as well as the close historical biogegraphical relationships with the Alpine fauna makes it a promising area for biodiversity research.
