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- noun zoology Any member of the Clausiliidae.
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This issue contains articles on the mollusks found in excavations in the Middle East, the clausiliid Papillifera bidens (= Papillifera papillaris) in North Africa (seems like there is something about that snail in every issue of the Newsletter), an essay on the difficulties of distinguishing between mollusk shells modified by accidental or taphonomic processes and those intentionally modified by humans.
Archive 2009-07-01 AYDIN 2009
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This issue contains articles on the mollusks found in excavations in the Middle East, the clausiliid Papillifera bidens (=Papillifera papillaris) in North Africa (seems like there is something about that snail in every issue of the Newsletter), an essay on the difficulties of distinguishing between mollusk shells modified by accidental or taphonomic processes and those intentionally modified by humans.
Archaeo+Malacology Group Newsletter No. 15 AYDIN 2009
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Early this morning the BBC reported the "discovery" of the clausiliid land snail Papillifera papillaris in Cliveden, a large house from 1851 in Buckinghamshire, UK*.
The old news about Papillifera papillaris AYDIN 2008
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Early this morning the BBC reported the "discovery" of the clausiliid land snail Papillifera papillaris in Cliveden, a large house from 1851 in Buckinghamshire, UK*.
Archive 2008-08-01 AYDIN 2008
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One of those side trips resulted in the discovery of a new clausiliid species, Idyla aydinensis, that was the subject of this post.
Archive 2008-12-01 AYDIN 2008
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One of those side trips resulted in the discovery of a new clausiliid species, Idyla aydinensis, that was the subject of this post.
I am finally working on the material from that survey AYDIN 2008
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Several weeks later back in the U.S., a careful examination of the clausiliid shells convinced me that our initial hunch was correct: we did have a new species.
A new land snail species from Turkey: Idyla aydinensis AYDIN 2007
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We had found many shells, but only 3 intact clausiliid shells.
Archive 2007-07-01 AYDIN 2007
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Several weeks later back in the U.S., a careful examination of the clausiliid shells convinced me that our initial hunch was correct: we did have a new species.
Archive 2007-07-01 AYDIN 2007
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We had found many shells, but only 3 intact clausiliid shells.
A new land snail species from Turkey: Idyla aydinensis AYDIN 2007
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