Snails of Cuba! In the end, we found 5 species, including the most endangered and arguably also most beautiful, Polymita sulphurosa. Unfortunately, we also encountered illegal sale of the shells on mountain pass.
Why? Project is on the evolution and conservation of these snails, led by Dr Bernardo Reyes in Cuba and working with colleagues from London zoo, Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany.
Lab trip to Molluscan forum @ Natural History Museum, London. BBSRC student Alec Lewis presenting our new work on Cuban Polymita.
#BBSRC #Polymita #NHM #Malacsoc #Mollusc #Snail
🐌 Woo hoo 🐌, just heard I got ODA funding to work on Cuban Polymita snails .... in Cuba. Fantástico! Picture credit: Dr Bernardo Reyes-Tur, collaborator #snails #Cuba #polymita #science
Cuban snail 🐌 project is GO! 🥂
CITES permit ✅
Nagoya ✅
Uni. Nottingham + Uni. de Oriente bilingual agreement ✅
Daily duolingo ✅ https://podcast.duolingo.com/spanish
Image shows red form of Polymita picta 📷 Dr Bernardo Reyes-Tur, collaborator
#UoN #CITES #Polymita #Genomics #colour #polymorphism #conservation
SHOW2023 - short for Simultaneously Hermaphroditic Organisms Workshop - was hybrid last week @vuamsterdam (co-organised with @YumiNakadera) and contained great presentations, useful discussion sessions, a wonderful boat dinner (Smidtje), and a lovely, ethically produced 100% natural cotton bag for participants. Next year: SHOW2024, Rennes (France) @steve_ramm
#hermaphrodite #lymnaea #ophryotrocha #macrostomum #cepaea #polymita #lysmata #deroceras #lehmannia #rumina
@agustinh88
Te presento a la #polymita la concha mas linda del mundo solo se puede encontrar en #Cuba específicamente en la región oriental del país
