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.
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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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