Rodrigo Salvador

Learned a new skill today 😆

#FGO #FateGO #FateGrandOrder

"Revision of the genera of Scolodontidae, part 4: Miradiscops H.B. Baker, 1925 and Mayadiscops gen. nov." has been published in #JournalofConchology. #jconch #newgenera #conchsoc conchsoc.org/journal doi.org/10.61733/jco...

dr. strange-superhero in blue with red cape facing off against a giant grey slug with 2 antennae and a pink eye

*laugh* Dr. Strange versus the "Hate-filled, deadly, gigantic SLUG!" although it looks very snail-like to me! Strange Tales 164, art by Dan Adkins! #invertsincomics #molluscmonday

Well, he's the wrong type of doctor for this

Vol. 12(1): June, 2025 Journal of Geek Studies –Vol. 12(1): to be published on June, 2025 The Blood on Our Controllers: how the game industry relates to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Interview with H. Caubet Pp. 1-5. …

🚨Our 1st 2025 issue is complete!🚨
Explore the latest in geeky research, with interviews with game devs and articles on Tintin, #StarWars, #IndianaJones et al., Pokémon, and #StudioGhibli.

Check it out 👉 jgeekstudies.org/archives/vol...

#GeekStudies #scicomm #geekculture

This was a nice read. I'm a bit biased though, as Nausicaä is my favourite Ghibli movie - I might need to rewatch it now 😁
[yes, technically the studio was founded after Nausicaä's success, but still counts]

Check out our cover article in @evolletters.bsky.social, Size in the city: morphological differences between city and forest great tits have a genetic basis. By @babimt.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social @mevisser.bsky.social. academic.oup.com/evlett/artic...

Oh, thanks! I'm always happy to know someone reads this stuff haha

iNaturalist as a tool in the study of tropical molluscs Although terrestrial gastropods are remarkably diverse, our knowledge of them is still lacking, especially for species from the Global South. As such, new tools to help researchers collect data on the...

To give a bit more support to the claim, let me shamelessly plug in a paper we wrote about this a couple years ago, led by my Masters student Rafael Rosa, who is crazy active on iNat.
🧪 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Couldn't agree more. iNat is the only and the greatest tool we have for the tropics, where the bulk of biodiversity is. We all want the platform to do better. It would be a shame for it to die.

Yes, we'll have such an auction:https://wcm2025.com.br/auction/ Let there be Janthina!

Image showing two sets of labeled mollusk shells. Section A (top) displays three large, smooth, coiled shells from different angles, identified as Paludina contecta var. emiliana, with handwritten labels. Section B (bottom) presents three smaller, rough-textured, coiled shells identified as Valvata colbeaui, with corresponding historical handwritten labels. Scale bars indicate sizes of 10 mm for A and 2 mm for B.

A testament to the importance of maintaining museum collections and funding for digitization programs: new data on the type specimens of nine new taxa described by Roffiaen (1868) that had nearly sunk into oblivion: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
@krakenscholar.bsky.social @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social

‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides

“One of our very good friends – he now does not have the emotional courage to hang up a sheet to collect moths at night

It is too devastating to see how few there are”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Figure 4 from the paper: A. syntype of Helix arbustorum var. icterica. B. possible syntype of Helix arbustorum var. trochoidalis. Labels not to scale with shells.

Here's a weird new article for #MolluscMonday.
We've found the type specimens of some species and subspecies from Switzerland described in the mid-19th century by a Belgian landscape painter.
You can see the whole story in @zookeys.pensoft.net: zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1508...

🧪 #snails #inverts

You have a national snail day!? I need one here asap 🐌🎉

I had to read your post twice to realize the first word was not gastropod 😅

Vol. 12(1): June, 2025 Journal of Geek Studies –Vol. 12(1): to be published on June, 2025 The Blood on Our Controllers: how the game industry relates to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Interview with H. Caubet Pp. 1-5. …

Happy #GeekPrideDay / #TowelDay 🎉

It's a great opportunity to read all the cool #GeekStudies we've published this year. 🤓 Take a look around, you're bound to find an article you'll love: jgeekstudies.org/archives/vol...

And remember: don't panic and always carry a towel!

"First report of Eucalodiidae in Brazil (Stylommatophora: Urocoptoidea), with the description of a new genus and species" has been published in #JournalofConchology #jconch @conchsoc #newspecies #conchology #landsnail doi.org/10.61733/jco...

Shells of the Brazilian gyre snail, Polygiratia polygirata.

A shell of the Brazilian gyre snail in the collection of the Finnish Museum of Natural History, close to shells of the Cuban painted snail. There is a sticker of the #Nameittosaveit campaign.

Today is Taxonomy Recognition Day! 🎉
There is a #NameItToSaveIt campaign by @tettris.eu

Here's one of my favorite species, the Brazilian gyre snail🐌 The pic shows specimens in the @nathist.bsky.social collection: the gyre snail plus another fave (Cuban painted snail) as bonus

🧪 #taxonomy #inverts

I still need to grail her to Lv 100 😅

It was considered a native species in Europe (under a different name) until quite late in the 20th century, when people realized it was from New Zealand. 😆😅

Following the snail trail–reconstructing the invasion route and world-wide distribution of the New Zealand mud snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) - Biological Invasions Freshwater ecosystems support nearly 10% of the Earth’s known species, making them vital biodiversity hotspots. However, this biodiversity and its associated critical functions are threatened by anthr...

A bit late for #MolluscMonday, I know, but here's a new paper about the history of the global invasion of the #NewZealand mudsnail.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🧪 #conservation #inverts

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Do I sense a @jgeekstudies.bsky.social article on the making? 😆

Live specimens of Drymaeus magus, showing 14 images of the snail with a black and yellow stiped shell across different wooden and leafy surfaces.

Introducing....The Great Disappearing Magician Tree Snail!

In a recent taxonomic review, a long-lost species fallen into oblivion is revealed to be common & widespread in SE Brazil! Here, it is redescribed using a combination of #CitizenScience data & collections! 🌍🧪
academic.oup.com/zoo...

Espécie de caracol “esquecida” pela ciência tem presença ampla no Brasil Pouco abordado na literatura, caracol-mago agora ganhou nome e sobrenome; estudo apresentou dados anatômicos completos da espécie, revolucionando o conhecimento taxonômico em caracóis

Um belo artigo de divulgação sobre nosso último paper foi publicado bem a tempo para a #MolluscMonday! 💛
Trata-se de um estudo detalhado sobre o caracol mago, conduzido pelo aluno de mestrado Rafael Rosa da @uspoficial.bsky.social 🧙🐌

Leia o artigo no Jornal da USP: jornal.usp.br/ciencias/esp...

Espécie de caracol “esquecida” pela ciência tem presença ampla no Brasil Pouco abordado na literatura, caracol-mago agora ganhou nome e sobrenome; estudo apresentou dados anatômicos completos da espécie, revolucionando o conhecimento taxonômico em caracóis

A nice outreach piece about our latest paper was published just in time for #MolluscMonday! 💛
It is a detailed study on the magician snail, led by Master's student Rafael Rosa. 🧙🐌

You can read the article in @uspoficial.bsky.social's news: jornal.usp.br/ciencias/esp...

🧪 #scicomm #inverts

„Timekeeping in hole-nesting birds under extreme light conditions” is the title of the plenary by Barbara Tomotani @babimt.bsky.social.

A fitting topic for Olomouc, where the astronomical clock has kept time since medieval days. The avian clock, though, likely resembles the sundial more closely.

Facing extinction in Endling Interview with Javier Ramello Download PDF Endling – Extinction is Forever is an upcoming multi-platform game developed by Herobeat Studios and published by HandyGames. As its name implies[1], the …

Here's an oldie but goodie for #EarthDay - an interview with Javier Ramello from @herobeatstudios.bsky.social about their fantastic game #Endling - Extinction is Forever. 🦊

#NatureConservation #scicomm @handy-games.com

On #EarthDay, don't miss our interview with Paul Goodenough, co-founder of Rewriting Earth, about their comics and other initiatives to increase environmental awareness. 🌍

#NatureConservation #scicomm