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SOCIETÀ ITALIANA DI MALACOLOGIA Casella Postale n. 436 I-80133 NAPOLI Succ. 83 e-mail: [email protected] - sito web: http://www.sim-online.it Sede Sociale: c/o Acquario Civico, Viale Gadio, 2 - 20121 Milano CONSIGLIO DIRETTIVO 2007-2010 Presidente: Bruno Dell’Angelo Vicepresidente: Mauro Mariani Segretario: Paolo Crovato Tesoriere: Nicola Maio Consiglieri: Franco Agamennone, Antonio Bonfitto, Enzo Campani, Alberto Cecalupo, Massimo Cretella, Sergio Duraccio, Maurizio Forli, Alfio Germanà, Giuseppe Martucci, Cristina Mazziotti, Morena Tisselli Revisori dei Conti: Giuseppe Fasulo, Alberto Pingitore Redattore capo: Enzo Campani e-mail: [email protected] Direttore responsabile: Paolo Crovato e-mail: [email protected] Citato da Thomson Scientific Publications (Biosis Previews, Bio- logical Abstracts) In copertina: Spondylus multisetosus Reeve, 1856 Repertata su rocce -5 m, Cirali, Antalaya, Turchia Foto Morena Tisselli Vita sociale In memoriam Giuseppe Priora (14 novembre 1934 - 18 gennaio 2010) In memoriam Giuseppe Priora Con grande tristezza annunciamo che Giuseppe Priora, esperto malacologo milanese, ci ha lasciati per sempre dopo un lungo periodo di malattia. “Jose”, era così chiamato da tutti noi, socio della S.I.M. praticamente da sempre, è stato per chi lo conosceva, e principalmente per i soci della Sezione milanese, una guida importante per le ricerche fossilifere sul Pliocene ligure. Lucidissimo fino all’ultimo, anche se da alcuni anni non frequentava più le nostre riunioni mensili a causa della sua invalidità, si teneva sempre in contatto con noi per essere aggiornato sugli ultimi sviluppi mala- cologici e soprattutto bibliografici. La moglie Micaela, anch’essa appassionata malacologa e particolarmente interessata ai Polyplacophora, gli è sempre stata vicino condividendo una passione che entrambi avevano ma- turata nel tempo, esaminando insieme tantissimo mate- riale fossilifero ligure e separando molte specie ancora da determinare. Ebbe sempre una grande passione per la malacologia, voglia di fare e partecipare alla vita sociale della sezione, grande collaboratore nel realizzare mostre e manifesta- zioni natalizie milanesi, dedicando mesi di lavoro in stretto contatto con il suo caro amico Paolo Quadri, an- che quest’ultimo da qualche anno scomparso, cui ha de- dicato la specie Retusa quadrii. Ricco di buona volontà e grande umanità, e più di tutto di generosità che lo portava a regalare molto del suo tempo libero in ricerche presso le biblioteche italiane alla Caro Jose, grazie per tutto quello che hai fatto per noi, te scoperta di antiche pubblicazioni, è riuscito ad arricchire ne siamo tutti profondamente grati, e sarai sempre nei la biblioteca della sezione locale milanese di importanti nostri ricordi. e antichi lavori malacologici, rendendola famosa in tutta Italia, e di questo siamo fieri e profondamente grati. Alberto Cecalupo e Bruno Dell’Angelo 1 Vita sociale Verbale: Riunione del Consiglio Direttivo della S.I.M. (Prato, 7 novembre 2009) Vita sociale Il giorno 7 novembre 2009 alle ore 15.30, presso i nuovi Si passa alla discussione del terzo punto all’ordine del locali del Museo di Scienze Planetarie di Prato, si è riuni- giorno sul nuovo sito Web. Viene invitato l’amico Mon- to il Consiglio Direttivo della Società Italiana di Malaco- taguti ad esporre lo stato dell’opera. Il nuovo sito ha con- logia per decidere e deliberare sul seguente ordine del servato lo stesso indirizzo di quello precedente. Il sito giorno: presenta una galleria fotografica che tratta di molluschi vivi, francobolli che ritraggono molluschi, gli ultimi 1) Bollettino Malacologico. eventi, i dati relativi alla società. Il sito è bilingue, alcune 2) Notiziario S.I.M. pubblicazioni della SIM sono scaricabili in pdf. Tra le ri- 3) Sito SIM. sorse troviamo il glossario al quale è possibile accedere 4) Biblioteca. da ogni parte del sito cliccando sulla parola per la quale 5) Varie ed eventuali. si vuole conoscere la definizione. Viene previsto anche Presenzia la seduta a norma di statuto il Presidente Bru- un archivio. no Dell’Angelo il quale constata e fa constatare la pre- Il sito incontra la piena approvazione da parte di tutto il senza dei Consiglieri: Franco Agamennone, Enzo Cam- consiglio e nel ringraziare l’amico Montaguti lo si invita pani, Paolo Crovato, Sergio Duraccio, Maurizio Forli, a proseguire nel completamento del sito. Alfio Germanà, Cristina Mazziotti, Morena Tisselli. È al- Il consiglio delibera di trasferire la sede legale presso i tresì presente Montaguti, webmaster del nuovo sito in- nuovi locali del Museo di Scienze Planetarie dove trasfe- ternet. rire anche la Segreteria. Questo ultimo trasferimento do- Risultano assenti i consiglieri: Antonio Bonfitto, Massi- vrà avvenire gradualmente ma sistematicamente. Viene mo Cretella, Nicola Maio, Mauro Mariani, Giuseppe proposto di gestire gli incassi attraverso bonifico banca- Martucci. rio e/o carta di credito anche mediante apposito link sul Il Presidente dichiara aperta la seduta ed idonea a deli- nuovo sito web, fermo restando la verifica dei maggiori berare essendo presente la maggioranza dei Consiglieri. costi che la società dovrà sostenere per il nuovo servizio. Sempre a norma di statuto assume la funzione di segre- La nuova gestione degli incassi si rende necessaria per tario il consigliere Agamennone. migliorarne la tracciabilità anche nelle mutate prospetti- Sul primo punto posto all’ordine del giorno prende la ve fiscali. parola Paolo Crovato il quale espone ai presenti lo sta- Tra le varie ed eventuali prende la parola Franco Aga- to dei lavori. I prossimi numeri sono pronti per l’impa- mennone il quale illustra ai presenti la necessità di pre- ginazione, compreso il grande lavoro sui Cefalopodi, sentare telematicamente la “comunicazione dei dati ri- che dopo diversi anni di formazione trova finalmente levanti ai fini fiscali da parte degli enti associativi” la luce, per cui la tempistica programmata risulta ri- (Mod. EAS). spettata. Il modello, debitamente compilato, va presentato entro Relativamente al secondo punto posto all’Ordine del il prossimo 15 dicembre per il tramite di un intermedia- giorno prende la parola Campani il quale espone ai pre- rio abilitato. Per tale adempimento Agamennone offre senti lo stato dei lavori. In particolare lo stesso informa i la propria disponibilità. Il Consiglio lo ringrazia e gli presenti di aver preparato delle note redazionali a com- affida il compito di inoltrare la comunicazione telema- mento delle ultime iniziative associative (rubrica dei re- tica nei termini di legge. Suddetta comunicazione intro- cord e resoconto sul 4°Abruzzo Mineral Show). Al fine duce un nuovo scenario amministrativo-gestionale che di dare una maggiore dignità grafica al Notiziario in es- rende necessario migliorare le procedure contabili at- se vengono inoltre formulate una serie di raccomanda- traverso la informatizzazione dei fatti gestionali, ciò a zioni agli autori sulle regole da seguire nella elaborazio- maggior ragione nella prospettiva di trasformazione ne dei manoscritti sia dal punto di vista grafico-formale dell’ente associativo in ONLUS per la quale gli obblighi e sia per ciò che attiene alle tematiche da affrontare in fiscali risultano ancora più stringenti. Al riguardo Aga- assenza di ufficiali norme di pubblicazione. Nell’ultimo mennone si impegna a fornire al Consiglio una bozza numero vengono inoltre recensite due ultime pubblica- di un nuovo statuto Onlus da adattare alle esigenze zioni. SIM. Il trasferimento della Biblioteca viene per il momento so- Sempre tra le varie ed eventuali Crovato propone di in- speso in attesa di averne dal Museo l’autorizzazione uf- serire la regola di sospendere l’invio delle pubblicazioni 2 ficiale. a tutti coloro che non pagano le quote dell’anno di com- petenza entro il 31 dicembre. I consiglieri accolgono la Non essendoci altro da discutere e deliberare alle ore proposta all’unanimità. 18,35 la seduta viene sciolta. Tisselli propone di ridurre il prezzo delle vecchie an- Letto, confermato e sottoscritto nate di bollettini altrimenti si rischia di averle inven- dute per tantissimo tempo. Si concorda di fare una re- Prato, 7 novembre 2009 visione dei prezzi per agevolare la vendita delle vec- chie pubblicazioni nelle occasioni di vendita diretta al Il Presidente Il Segretario pubblico. Bruno dell’Angelo Franco Agamennone Verbali delle riunioni del Consiglio Direttivo della S.I.M. delle riunioni del Consiglio Direttivo Verbali Verbale: Riunione del Consiglio Direttivo della S.I.M. (Napoli, 17 aprile 2010) Il giorno 17 aprile 2010 alle ore 16.00, presso il Diparti- soci si sono lamentati della gestione del forum. In parti- mento di Scienze della Terra dell’Università degli Studi colare, nel forum alcuni soci hanno rilasciato dichiara- Federico II sito in Largo Marcellino, 10 si è riunito il Con- zioni piuttosto prolisse ed articolate che hanno suscitato siglio Direttivo della Società Italiana di Malacologia per reazioni di ogni genere. Il Web-master, a questo punto, si decidere e deliberare sul seguente ordine del giorno: propone di regolamentarne l’accesso ed inoltre, si pren- de atto che lo stesso Montaguti sul sito ha chiesto la di- 1) Decisione sulla sede legale della Società ed even- sponibilità di soci che facciano da moderatori per inter- tuale trasferimento della biblioteca a Prato. venire nel caso in cui gli interventi si discostino eccessi- 2) Nuovo sito Web. vamente dal codice comportamentale, anch’esso abbiso- 3) Elezioni S.I.M. 2011-2014. gnevole di una
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    Ecologica Montenegrina 39: 59-68 (2021) This journal is available online at: www.biotaxa.org/em http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2021.39.6 The land snails of Lichadonisia islets (Greece) GALATEA GOUDELI1*, ARISTEIDIS PARMAKELIS1, KONSTANTINOS PROIOS1, IOANNIS ANASTASIOU2, CANELLA RADEA1, PANAYIOTIS PAFILIS2, 3 & KOSTAS A. TRIANTIS1,4* 1Section of Ecology and Taxonomy, Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimioupolis, 15784 Athens, Greece Emails: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] 2Section of Zoology and Marine Biology, Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimioupolis, 15784 Athens, Greece Emails: [email protected]; [email protected] 3Zoological Museum, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, Greece 4Natural Environment and Climate Change Agency, Villa Kazouli, 14561 Athens, Greece *Corresponding authors Received 12 January 2021 │ Accepted by V. Pešić: 30 January 2021 │ Published online 8 February 2021. Abstract The Lichadonisia island group is located between Maliakos and the North Evian Gulf, in central Greece. Lichadonisia is one of the few volcanic island groups of Greece, consisting mainly of lava flows. Today the islands are uninhabited with high numbers of visitors, but permanent population existed for many decades in the past. Herein, we present for the first time the land snail fauna of the islets and we compare their species richness with islands of similar size across the Aegean Sea. This group of small islands, provides a typical example on how human activities in the current geological era, i.e., the Anthropocene, alter the natural communities and differentiate biogeographical patterns.
  • Diversity and Damage Assessment of Snail in Cultivated Crops of Neelabut Bagh Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Pakistan)

    Diversity and Damage Assessment of Snail in Cultivated Crops of Neelabut Bagh Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Pakistan)

    Journal of Bioresource Management Volume 7 Issue 4 Article 11 Diversity and Damage Assessment of Snail in Cultivated Crops of Neelabut Bagh Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Pakistan) Abu ul hassan faiz Women University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Bagh, AJK, Pakistan, [email protected] Lariab Zahra Faiz Women University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Bagh, AJK, Pakistan Follow this and additional works at: https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/jbm Part of the Agricultural Economics Commons Recommended Citation faiz, A. h., & Faiz, L. Z. (2020). Diversity and Damage Assessment of Snail in Cultivated Crops of Neelabut Bagh Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Pakistan), Journal of Bioresource Management, 7 (4). DOI: 10.35691/JBM.0202.0157 ISSN: 2309-3854 online (Received: Nov 28, 2020; Accepted: Dec 15, 2020; Published: Dec 31, 2020) This Article is brought to you for free and open access by CORE Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Bioresource Management by an authorized editor of CORE Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Diversity and Damage Assessment of Snail in Cultivated Crops of Neelabut Bagh Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Pakistan) © Copyrights of all the papers published in Journal of Bioresource Management are with its publisher, Center for Bioresource Research (CBR) Islamabad, Pakistan. This permits anyone to copy, redistribute, remix, transmit and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes provided the original work and source is appropriately cited. Journal of Bioresource Management does not grant you any other rights in relation to this website or the material on this website. In other words, all other rights are reserved.
  • Guidelines for the Capture and Management of Digital Zoological Names Information Francisco W

    Guidelines for the Capture and Management of Digital Zoological Names Information Francisco W

    Guidelines for the Capture and Management of Digital Zoological Names Information Francisco W. Welter-Schultes Version 1.1 March 2013 Suggested citation: Welter-Schultes, F.W. (2012). Guidelines for the capture and management of digital zoological names information. Version 1.1 released on March 2013. Copenhagen: Global Biodiversity Information Facility, 126 pp, ISBN: 87-92020-44-5, accessible online at http://www.gbif.org/orc/?doc_id=2784. ISBN: 87-92020-44-5 (10 digits), 978-87-92020-44-4 (13 digits). Persistent URI: http://www.gbif.org/orc/?doc_id=2784. Language: English. Copyright © F. W. Welter-Schultes & Global Biodiversity Information Facility, 2012. Disclaimer: The information, ideas, and opinions presented in this publication are those of the author and do not represent those of GBIF. License: This document is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. Document Control: Version Description Date of release Author(s) 0.1 First complete draft. January 2012 F. W. Welter- Schultes 0.2 Document re-structured to improve February 2012 F. W. Welter- usability. Available for public Schultes & A. review. González-Talaván 1.0 First public version of the June 2012 F. W. Welter- document. Schultes 1.1 Minor editions March 2013 F. W. Welter- Schultes Cover Credit: GBIF Secretariat, 2012. Image by Levi Szekeres (Romania), obtained by stock.xchng (http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1389360). March 2013 ii Guidelines for the management of digital zoological names information Version 1.1 Table of Contents How to use this book ......................................................................... 1 SECTION I 1. Introduction ................................................................................ 2 1.1. Identifiers and the role of Linnean names ......................................... 2 1.1.1 Identifiers ..................................................................................