Senior Curator of Mollusca at the Natural History Museum, London. Especially interested in all things snail and squid (and music, always music... )
Joined February 2018
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Tiny tropical snail no longer extinct in the wild after 40-year effort involving University of Cambridge cambridgeindependent.co.uk/n…
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Today's the day! Register NOW to make sure you don't miss out on the global malacology event of the year* with associated fieldwork fireworks** 🎆 🎇 and seaslug circus 🎪**, all completely FREE to attend! 😱
*In our opinion
**May not actually occur
Register now for our *~FREE~* annual molluscan bonanza that is the #molluscanforum!! 🐌🐚🐙🦪🦑
Registration closes on FRIDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER (spooky!) - don't miss out! Email events (at) malacsoc.org.uk now to submit your abstract and register for free attendance!
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This year's snail conservation expedition is underway: Partula 2024 releasing more tree-snails back into the wild in Polynesia. I arrived on Tahiti this morning and we went straight out to monitor the Partula nodosa that were released yesterday. Very good results for day 1
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📢 Only 3 days left to register for the FREE #MolluscanForum on Nov 20th at @NHM_Science ! ⭐️
Join us for a full day of exciting #molluscan talks - hosted by the @MalacSoc
Please share! 🌏🐌🐚🦑
Details here ☞ malacsoc.org.uk/molluscan-fo…
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An evaluation of the taxonomy of subilinid snails in Myanmar recognised 40 species and subspecies across nine genera, including two new species. Find out more here: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1208…
#conservation #molluscs #taxonomy
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It gives me great joy to announce that Beautiful Shells is available to preorder via @bodleianlibs bringing George Perry's (overlooked & maligned) 1811 Conchology to the 21st Century. Introduction & plate comments by me! Out 26th September @BodPublishing bodleianshop.co.uk/products/…
ALT A treasure trove of natural beauty from our oceans and shores, George Perry’s stunning illustrations of shells from his largely forgotten volume are lavishly reproduced here, together with informative descriptions of some of the most notable specimens. In 1811, architect, stone mason and shell obsessive George Perry published a lavishly illustrated volume, his Conchology or the Natural History of Shells, featuring 348 beautifully illustrated mollusc shells with descriptions of species, many of which were new to science.
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🚨Job Alert 🚨
We're recruiting a Botany Curator @AmgueddfaCymru to join our Natural Sciences team and use our collections to examine the impact of invasive species on ecosystems 🌳🌿🍄🌸🌾
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Today's #MolluscMonday is the bivalve shell Limopsis tenella. Semi-infaunal, anchored by a byssus, of a single thread, to sediment particles. An abyssal species generally from below 2000 m.
naturalhistory.museumwales.a…
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Laetoli, Tanzania: Extant terrestrial mollusc faunas shed new light on climate and palaeoecology at a Pliocene hominin site - new paper in @PLOSONE by @AmgueddfaCymru and colleagues #MolluscMonday doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone…
I had so much fun recording #Naturetable with @sueperkins, @jessicafostekew and @TaneshaAllen16 - listen in today at 4.30 on @BBCRadio4 to hear why we should love pigeons, wasps and snails and as ever I’ll be chatting about giant squid!
NEW 🙊NATURE TABLE🐸 Sunday 4.30 & @BBCSounds. Join @sueperkins @jessicafostekew @TaneshaAllen16 @JonathanAblett @NHM_London for amazing facts and giggles on 🦑, 🐝, 🐦, 🪲 & 🐌.
This is a really fun one. Check out the clip👇
Jonathan Ablett retweeted
NEW 🙊NATURE TABLE🐸 Sunday 4.30 & @BBCSounds. Join @sueperkins @jessicafostekew @TaneshaAllen16 @JonathanAblett @NHM_London for amazing facts and giggles on 🦑, 🐝, 🐦, 🪲 & 🐌.
This is a really fun one. Check out the clip👇
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We’ll be spinning some electronic pop gems and spangly disco belters after the football at @ExaleTap_E17 this Friday - join us for a booze and a boogie!
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AI-assisted ID of obscure animals is growing. What better objects to use for training than well-authenticated museum specimens? As part of an #ArtificialIntelligenceMW project, @Liebniz_LIB have borrowed some of Vertigo snails, including rare ones being conserved by @NaturAmByth
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Awful news: St Helena is one of the most damaged environments, in studying its extinct snails I've been impressed that 2 remain on the last cabbage trees. They survived forest clearance & goats but may finally go due to an invasive fungus!
hakaimagazine.com/news/somet… @hakaimagazine
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Preserving pieces of history in eggshells and birds’ nests nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
Read about @NHM_Oology Douglas Russell - The Curator 🤓👊
@NHM_London @Nature @NHM_Tring
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Looking forward to playing some wonky disco and electronic pop goodness at @ExaleTap_E17 this Friday 9 - 2. Join us for a delicious beer and a boogie!
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It's Ace new release day folks! RT to WIN one of three sets of new releases. The winners will be drawn out of the hat at 5pm today 🎩
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I'm really excited to share this publication where my co-authors and I report on the rediscovery of Big Black Rocksnail! The species was thought to be extinct for at least 30 years.
link.springer.com/article/10…
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Latest issue of the Mollusc Specialist Group's newsletter 'Tentacle' now out, with a summary of last year's work to re-establish Partula snails in the wild. hawaii.edu/cowielab/Tentacle…
ALT Partula varia tree snail on a leaf
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I am seeking local, regional, national.... words/terms for #limpets. I have found some, but would be very grateful for any additional ones that people might be able to contribute. 😀🐌
