malacogreece.bsky.social
Malacological Society of Greece Educate and raise public awareness about the importance of Mollusca in Greece and Cyprus.
👤 Joined on 04 February 2026
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@malacogreece.bsky.socialBottom trawling is still taking place in many Spanish Marine Protected Areas, including sites intended to protect sensitive habitats. Some artisanal fishers warn that marine life, and ultimately their livelihoods, are paying the price of this destruction: www.magma-mag.net/as-bottom-tr...
Show PostMost octopuses live on the seafloor, but not Japetella diaphana. This gelatinous octopus lives out in the open ocean, floating around. They don't even lay eggs on the seafloor; instead Japetella mothers carry around their eggs, floating in the bathyal zone where sunlight doesn't reach. #OCTOtober
Show Post#MolluscMonday Giants from the south. A display cabinet in the Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge houses huge rudists from the Upper Greensand (Albian) of Shillington, Bedfordshire, an unexpected occurrence in the British Cretaceous far away from the Tethyan homeland of these bivalves.
Show Postjust in time for #molluscmonday! studying cuttlefish camouflage 🦑 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/s...
Show PostToday is #AdaLovelaceDay #ald26 to highlight and celebrate #womenInSTEM today and throughout history. While they have faced discrimination and been too often forgotten, if you look for them, they were there! Here’s my most recent #sciart portrait and a thread of my scientist portraits. #histsci 🧪
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