Malacological Society of South Australia Inc.

Malacological Society of South Australia Inc. (Excluding public holidays.) A short meeting commences at 7.00 p.m. after which a talk is given on a particular chosen topic.

To promote and facilitate the ecologically sustainable interest and study of Mollusca
and marine invertebrates, particularly those of South Australia. Meetings are held regularly at the Royal Society Rooms Off Kintore Avenue, Behind the South Australian Museum Entry off Kintore Avenue on the First and third Mondays of each month. Note that during the colder winter months of June July and

August we have just one meeting per month, that is the first Monday only. The MSSA was formed by a small group of interested people at the SA Museum in 1894. We are the oldest standing club of its type in Australia and the second oldest in the world.

fulgetrum 150mmexoptanda 100mm.Second valley Diving 9 metres depth.04-03-2026.
06/03/2026

fulgetrum 150mm
exoptanda 100mm.
Second valley Diving 9 metres depth.
04-03-2026.

Sunday Mail - 15 Feb 1964, Adelaide, South Australia
20/12/2025

Sunday Mail - 15 Feb 1964, Adelaide, South Australia

20/12/2025

A Bothriembryon bonanza….and just in time for the holidays!

Our WA Museum Mollusc staff have just named ten new species of native land snails from the south-west of WA – forget ten lords a-leaping, we want ten boths a-crawling! 🐌

It all started with a molecular phylogeny of the native land snail genus Bothriembryon, published earlier this year (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbi.70095), which revealed many more new species than expected.

The important taxonomic work at the WA Museum (i.e. the description of new species) was supported by the BHP Social Investment Fund, with sequencing work funded by the Gorgon Project’s Barrow Island Net Conservation Benefits Fund.

Giving these special snails a scientific name makes them visible for conservation management, helping ensure their survival. One notable species, Bothriembryon harveyi, was named after WAM Research Associate Dr. Mark Harvey, who recently described his 1000th invertebrate species. Mark was instrumental in collecting ‘boths’ across WA during his long career as the WAM Curator of Arachnology.

And this is just the start, stay tuned for more new Bothriembryon species coming in 2026!

Taxonomy Australia
www.taxonomyaustralia.org.au/ajt/papers/jIaFeZLQVr

13/01/2025

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