Dear friends,
justs to inform you of the titles received so far for the meeting of Menfi
that is promising to be a very interesting and exciting workshop. Don't
forget to register and TO ATTEND the meeting! See you in Menfi
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Cari amici,
questo messaggio è per informarvi sui titoli gia' disponibili delle
relazioni che verranno presentate al convegno di Menfi. Non esitate:
iscrivetevi e INTERVENITE! SArà un convegno veramente interessante ed
eccitante. CI vediamo a Menfi

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3rd International Workshop in Malacology - Menfi (Sicily, Italy) June
15-19, 2000.

"Systematics, Phylogeny and  Biology of Neogastropoda"

go to its web-announcement at
http://www.futuralink.it/vannarotolo/istituzione/index.htm

Preliminary list of contributions (several others are expected)

- THE EVOLUTION OF THE RADULA OF CONIDAE AND TURRIDAE (E. Rolan)

- THE VENOMOUS CONE SNAILS: Biology, Toxinology and Phylogeny (Baldomero
Olivera)

- SYSTEMATICS AND TAXONOMY OF THE (so far called) genus Trophon FROM SOUTH
AMERICA AND ANTARCTICA (G. Pastorino)

- FOREGUT ANATOMY AND RELATIONSHIPS OF THE TEREBRIDAE (John D. Taylor)

- FEEDING HABITS OF CHICOREUS CAPUCINUS (NEOGASTROPODA: MURICIDAE) IN A
SINGAPORE MANGROVE (K.S. Tan & T.M. Oh)

- REPRODUCTIVE ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY OF MEDITERRANEAN CORALLIOPHILIDAE
(Alexandra Richter and Ángel A. Luque)

- ON THE TAXONOMY AND BIOLOGY OF THE SMALL BUCCINID GASTROPOD CHAUVETIA
MAMILLATA (RISSO, 1826) IN SOUTHEAST SPAIN (Eduardo Hergueta, José Templado
& Ángel A. Luque)

- A TALE OF REDUCTION AND LOSS:  FOREGUT ANATOMY OF RAPHITOMINE GASTROPODS
(CONOIDEA: RAPHITOMINAE) (Y.I. Kantor & J.D. Taylor)

- MORPHOLOGICAL PREREQUISITES FOR UNDERSTANDING NEOGASTROPOD PHYLOGENY
(Y.I. Kantor)

- ON THE MORPHOLOGY AND TAXONOMIC POSITION OF BABYLONIA (NEOGASTROPODA:
BUCCINIDAE) (M.G.Harasewych & Y.I.Kantor)

- FOREGUT ONTOGENY OF THE NEOGASTROPODA: COMPARISON OF DEVELOPMENT IN
NUCELLA AND CONUS (A.D. Ball)

- LARVAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE STROMBINA-GROUP AND RELATED GASTROPODS:
CALIBRATION OF MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION OF THE LARVAL SHELL FOR INFERENCE IN
FOSSIL SPECIES (H.Fortunato)

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FACILITIES FOR STUDENTS AVAILABLE!
Please ask.
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Marco Oliverio - Evolutionary Biology PhD
Research Scientist


Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e dell'Uomo
Viale dell'Universita' 32
I-00185 Roma   ITALY

phone  +39.6.49914750
       +39.6.55176356  (Molecular Systematics lab.)
FAX    +39.6.4958259

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