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Muticaria: In trouble
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A natural history blog, with emphasis on molluscs, new publications, and Malta. Landsnails of the Maltese Islands. Saturday, August 6, 2011. Butterfly pupa, with parasitic wasps. Aguamansa, Tenerife 2011. David P. Cilia. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). David P. Cilia. Omnia mirari etiam tritissima. View my complete profile. Sharks in Malta Part II - A killer reputation. Sharks in Malta Part I - 'L-Ilsna ta' San Pawl'. More on Pleistocene rodents. Publications - update 4. Death of a Phoenix. Palms are...
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Muticaria: Publications - update 3
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A natural history blog, with emphasis on molluscs, new publications, and Malta. Landsnails of the Maltese Islands. Friday, November 30, 2012. Publications - update 3. One of the several lessepsian species colonizing areas of the Mediterranean is Brachidontes pharaonis. A cluster of Brachidontes pharaonis. Fischer, 1870) from a Globigerina limestone location on the Ta' Xbiex shore. Barnacles, patellids, chitons and coralline algae are also visible. E28): 1-8. DOI link. David P. Cilia. David P. Cilia.
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Muticaria: Publications - update 2
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A natural history blog, with emphasis on molluscs, new publications, and Malta. Landsnails of the Maltese Islands. Thursday, November 29, 2012. Publications - update 2. The invasive Melanoides tuberculata. Müller, 1774), a freshwater and brackish water snail, is reported from Mosta and Baħrija in Malta. Shells from these populations are morphologically distinct from a population at Salini first recorded in 1981. Shells of Melanoides tuberculata. From Malta - specimens from Baħrija, Mosta and Salini.
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Muticaria: Steno on Google
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A natural history blog, with emphasis on molluscs, new publications, and Malta. Landsnails of the Maltese Islands. Wednesday, January 11, 2012. The 374th anniversary of birth of the 'father of geology' Nicolaus Stensen, better known by his latinized name Nicolas Steno, is commemorated today on Google. Showing a stylized stratigraphic section similar to what he may have encountered to come up with his conclusions. David P. Cilia. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). David P. Cilia. View my complete profile.
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Muticaria: Nature class
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A natural history blog, with emphasis on molluscs, new publications, and Malta. Landsnails of the Maltese Islands. Monday, October 10, 2011. Juniper, yew, spruce and other specimens with textbook shown below, for observation during a lesson. Photos taken at the Základní škola Lesní. An elementary school in Liberec, the Czech Republic). The school logo is also a conifer, albeit a highly anthropomorphized version:. David P. Cilia. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). David P. Cilia. View my complete profile.
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Muticaria: New Sicilian landsnails
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A natural history blog, with emphasis on molluscs, new publications, and Malta. Landsnails of the Maltese Islands. Tuesday, November 27, 2012. Two new species of land snails from Sicily have been described in the latest issue of Biodiversity Journal. The first species is a clausiliid in the genus which is this blog's namesake -. Colomba, Reitano, Liberto, Giglio, Gregorini and Sparacio, 2012, from south-eastern Sicily. It is the fourth described. The second species is a slug,. 251-258. accessible here.
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Muticaria: Wordplay
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A natural history blog, with emphasis on molluscs, new publications, and Malta. Landsnails of the Maltese Islands. Tuesday, January 17, 2012. Generated by the local html programming on blogspot.com. Invariably translates to the drab affair shown below, copied and pasted from my own blog. On the other hand, custom-built generators such as wordle.com. David P. Cilia. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). David P. Cilia. Omnia mirari etiam tritissima. View my complete profile. More on Pleistocene rodents.
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Muticaria: Pesticide with a difference
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A natural history blog, with emphasis on molluscs, new publications, and Malta. Landsnails of the Maltese Islands. Thursday, August 18, 2011. Pesticide with a difference. This is just what you need to kill sinister sinistrals and restore your snail population to one made up of normal, dextral pests. David P. Cilia. August 21, 2011 at 4:12 PM. HahaThats an interesting way to look at these over-printed sinistral snails in popular press and packets! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). David P. Cilia. One of...
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Muticaria: Death of a Phoenix
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A natural history blog, with emphasis on molluscs, new publications, and Malta. Landsnails of the Maltese Islands. Thursday, January 12, 2012. Death of a Phoenix. Palms are a common sight in Malta, with the warm temperatures affecting the islands throughout most of the year being a perfect catalyst for their growth and proliferation. This said, indigenous species amount to just one - the low-growing, bushy Chamaerops humilis. L, now practically extinct in the wild. L, photographed by Aron Tanti. David P&...