That sounds interesting! I have most of the Florida/Caribbean literature
(Dall, Jung, Pilsbry, Weisbord, Woodring, Tulane Studies, etc), so if you
need photocopies, scans, offprints, just ask.

Marien
www.mollus.nl

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From: "Sergio Avila" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 6:44 PM
Subject: Miocene-Pliocene bivalves from Western Atlantic (America and
Caribbean shores)


> Dr. Sérgio Ávila (MSc.)
> Secção de Biologia Marinha
> Departamento de Biologia
> Universidade dos Açores
> 9500 Ponta Delgada
> Portugal
>
> Dear all:
>
> During the last 8 years I have been studying the littoral molluscan fauna
> of the Azores. Several check-lists published in local papers (Açoreana and
> Arquipélago) (Ávila & Azevedo, 1997; Ávila et al., 1998; Ávila et al,
> 2000a, 2000b; Ávila, Cardigos & Santos, 2004 ) have allowed to establish
> the present biogeographical relationships of the Azorean littoral
> malacofauna (Ávila, 2000a; Ávila & Albergaria, 2002). These studies have
> led to interesting hypothesis that are discussed on my PhD thesis and in
> some other papers (Ávila, 2000b; Ávila, 2003; Ávila & Malaquias, 2003;
> Ávila et al., 2005).
>
> The Pleistocene deposits of Santa Maria Island were also studied and a
> revision of the malacofauna was also published (Ávila et al., 2002).
>
> The next step of my investigation will be to study the Miocene-Pliocene
> deposits that exist also at Santa Maria Island. For that, I was wondering
> if there is out there an expert on Miocene-Pliocene fossils of the
> American
> Atlantic side. I needed to have data on the species reported to the
> Atlantic shores of America and Caribbean during these periods, as well on
> the relevant bibliography.
>
> With very best wishes, I thank you for the help.
>
> P.S.: if anybody is interested in some of the papers, please ask.
>
> ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
>
> Bibliography:
>
>  ÁVILA,  S.  P.  & J. M. N. AZEVEDO, 1997. Shallow-water molluscs from the
>
>            Formigas  islets,  Azores,  collected during the "Santa Maria e
>
>            Formigas 1990" scientific expedition. Açoreana, 8(3): 323-330.
>
>  ÁVILA, S. P., J. M. N. AZEVEDO, J. M. GONÇALVES, J. FONTES & F. CARDIGOS,
>
>            1998.  Checklist  of  the  shallow-water marine molluscs of the
>
>            Azores:  1  -  Pico, Faial, Flores and Corvo islands. Açoreana,
>
>            8(4): 487-523.
>
>  ÁVILA,  S.  P.,  2000a.  Shallow-water  marine  molluscs  of  the Azores:
>
>            biogeographical  relationships.  Arquipélago.  Life  and Marine
>
>            Sciences. Supplement 2 (Part A): 99-131.
>
>  ÁVILA,  S.  P., 2000b. The shallow-water Rissoidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda)
>
>            of the Azores and some aspects of their ecology. Iberus, 18(2):
>
>            51-76.
>
>  ÁVILA, S. P., J. M. N. AZEVEDO, J. M. GONÇALVES, J. FONTES & F. CARDIGOS,
>
>            2000a.  Checklist  of  the shallow-water marine molluscs of the
>
>            Azores: 2 - São Miguel island. Açoreana, 9(2): 139-173.
>
>  ÁVILA,  S.  P.,  J. FONTES, F. TEMPERA & F. CARDIGOS, 2000b. Additions to
>
>            the  marine  molluscs of the Formigas islets, Azores. Açoreana,
>
>            9(2): 175-178.
>
>  ÁVILA,  S.  P. & ANDRÉ ALBERGARIA, 2002. The shallow-water Polyplacophora
>
>            of   the  Azores  and  some  comments  on  the  biogeographical
>
>            relationships    of   the   Azorean   malacofauna.   Bollettino
>
>            Malacologico, 38(1-4): 41-44.
>
>  ÁVILA,  S.P.,  R.  AMEN,  J.M.N. AZEVEDO, M. CACHÃO & F. GARCÍA-TALAVERA,
>
>            2002.  Checklist  of the Pleistocene marine molluscs of Praínha
>
>            and  Lagoínhas  (Santa  Maria  Island, Azores). Açoreana, 9(4):
>
>            343-370.
>
>  ÁVILA,  S.  P.,  2003.  The  littoral  molluscs (Gastropoda, Bivalvia and
>
>            Polyplacophora)  of  São  Vicente,  Capelas (São Miguel Island,
>
>            Azores):  ecology and biological associations to algae. Iberus,
>
>            21(1): 11-33.
>
>  ÁVILA,  S.  P.  & M. A. MALAQUIAS, 2003. Biogeographical relationships of
>
>            the  molluscan  fauna  of  the Ormonde seamount (Gorringe bank,
>
>            Northeast-Atlantic  Ocean).  Journal  of Molluscan Studies, 69:
>
>            145-150.
>
>  ÁVILA, S. P., F. CARDIGOS & R. S. SANTOS, 2004. D. João de Castro bank, a
>
>            shallow-water hydrothermal-vent in the Azores: checklist of the
>
>            marine  mollusks.  Arquipélago.  Life and Marine Sciences, 21A:
>
>            75-80.
>
>  ÁVILA,  S. P., A. C. SANTOS, A. M. PENTEADO, A. M. RODRIGUES, I. QUINTINO
>
>            &  M.  I.  MACHADO,  2005. The molluscs of the intertidal algal
>
>            turf in the Azores. Iberus (accepted).
>
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