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Malacological Society of Greece Educate and raise public awareness about the importance of Mollusca in Greece and Cyprus.
New research just dropped today that makes octopuses even weirder than they already are… let me explain🧵🧪🐙🐡🦑
25 years after bottom trawling ended, Chile's seamounts remain damaged. A single trawl can cause irreversible harm – prevention is the most effective strategy. The @fao.org GFCM must learn from this lesson: extend the deep-sea trawl ban to at least 800m. #DefendTheDeep oceana.org/press-releas...
Bottom Trawling Impacts Still Visible Today on Chilean Seamounts
New research shows that deep-sea biodiversity has not fully recovered despite more than two decades without bottom trawling, reinforcing the case for protecting vulnerable ecosystems before damage bec...
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Cool new behavior caught on video! This is a special type of octopus known as a #papernautilus (aka #argonaut) and her shell is a little less than 5cm. Watch as she extends and retracts her fleshy mantle - at the end, she rapidly retracts it all! #blackwater #blackwaterdiving
Marine biologists in Northeast Greenland used an ROV to observe, for the first time in the wild, a mature female bobtail squid (Rossia moelleri) and her egg masses. This Arctic species is present and reproducing even in subzero waters! 🧪 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
This feels like the octopus equivalent of a cat hiding in a pile of laundry. 🐙📷manelor (www.inaturalist.ca/observations...)
#MolluscMonday Small (<2 cm) glycymerid bivalve shell with characteristic taxodont dentition. Photographed on a building stone (almost certainly Oligocene Calcaire à astéries) in St Émilion, the famous centre for Bordeaux wine.
🇬🇷 Η Μεσόγειος Θάλασσα είναι ένα hotspot βιοποικιλότητας, με πολλά είδη που ευδοκιμούν μόνο σε εύκρατες ζώνες. Πώς σκεφτόμαστε την προστασία τους; 🇬🇧 The Mediterranean Sea is a hotspot of biodiversity, with many species that thrive in temperate zones. How are we conceiving its protection?
David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈@whysharksmatter.bsky.social · last mo.The unsung biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea needs urgent protection news.mongabay.com/podcast/2026... 🧪🐟🌎🦑
Species discovery is underway in Argentina. Find out more about the latest workshop, bringing together international teams of scientists to discover new species from the South Atlantic oceancensus.org/revealing-th... Thank you to workshop partners @schmidtocean.bsky.social.
The Ocean Census Schmidt Ocean Institute Argentina Species Discovery Workshop
In July 2026, taxonomic experts will gather for the Ocean Census Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI) Argentina Species Discovery Workshop.
oceancensus.org
Looking forward for some #mollusc news!
CaRe-GR project@care-gr.bsky.social · last mo.🌊 First #CaRe-GR survey completed on Chios Island! Using the #ECOfast protocol, we assessed rocky #reefs around the island, documenting #InvasiveSpecies and ghost nets as main pressures. More surveys across Greece coming soon! 🇬🇷 #CaReGR #MarineScience #Conservation #EcologicalStatus
I’m most grateful to Robert Cowie at University of Hawaii for reading Daughter of Mother-of-Pearl & writing a blurb for it in Tentacle, Newsletter of the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Mollusc Specialist Group. Wow! 🐌🐌🐌 @graywolfpress.bsky.social www.hawaii.edu/cowielab/Ten...
📷 We are happy to announce that we are organising a ✨photo contest✨ in collaboration with WWF Greece, @wwfgr.bsky.social We are looking forward to discover beautiful pictures of #Molluscs! 🐚 🐙Deadline for submissions - 31st August 2026 🦪
Something we discovered during the last World Congress of Malacology 🤩🐚
¿Cuántos micromoluscos has pisado?
Infografía de micromoluscos
zenodo.org
Help us protect the ocean! Where Europe’s ocean laws are enforced, fish recover and coastal communities thrive. The science is clear. The laws work. Keep them. 👉 europe.oceana.org/hands-off-na... #HandsOffNature
Just a mish-mash of shells for #molluscmonday ! This is my only chaotic display cabinet. #mollusk #invertebrate #seashell #gastropod #collection #marinelife #naturalhistory
Did you know that fossil records show that Clippy is a descendant of the ancient ammonite Diplomoceras maximum? 🐚📷Franz Anthony @franzanth.bsky.social
Some commentary about my most recent tarot card, Strength 🐙🐡
📷 We are happy to announce that we are organising a ✨photo contest✨ in collaboration with WWF Greece, @wwfgr.bsky.social We are looking forward to discover beautiful pictures of #Molluscs! 🐚 🐙Deadline for submissions - 31st August 2026 🦪
This #EarthDay we recognise the other 70%... Ocean! 🐙🪸🐠🦐 The ocean is the largest living space on our planet, and yet we know comparatively little about its inhabitants. Here are some of the figures that are driving our species discovery mission at Ocean Census. oceancensus.org/how-the-cens...
Funding opportunities for species discovery and expeditions! Deadline -- 30.05.2026
Ocean Census@oceancensus.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe Ocean Census Awards are enabling scientists around the world to accelerate species discovery. Hear from previous awardees 👇 and if you’re eligible, don’t miss your chance to apply. 🔍 Species Discovery Awards oceancensus.org/species-disc... 🚢 Expedition Awards oceancensus.org/expedition-a...
#OceanOptimism 🌊 Marseille cut marine pollution—and #Posidonia #seagrass recovered naturally. A clear success of passive restoration: reduce pressures, and ecosystems can heal. #Restoration #Conservation #Mediterranean 🌍🌐🧪
Dr Earhart Sampson PhD 🌎 🇨🇦 🇺🇲 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 🇺🇦@earhart.bsky.social · 5mo ago