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a group dedicated to the appreciation, study, and sustainable use of molluscs

Our sister group is the Society for the Study of Molluscan Diversity

Discover amazing achievements in Australasian malacology through MSA Turns 60

Molluscan Research

Volume 42, Issue 3, 2022

Letter to the editor: front cover notes – the swimming trochid Ethminolia vitiliginea (Menke, 1843) and a first report on its soft-tissue morphology (Trochidae: Umboniinae)

The behavioural ecology of Sepiolidae (Cephalopoda: Sepiolida): a review Finned octopus Cirroteuthis Eschricht, 1836 (Cephalopoda: Cirrata: Cirroteuthidae) confirmed from Australian waters

Revisiting the Annandale malacological collection from Inle Lake, Myanmar kept in the Kyoto University Museum

Rissoina ponderi n. sp. (Caenogastropoda: Rissoinidae) a new endemic species from New South Wales and a comparison with the related species Rissoina elegantula Angas, 1880

Integrative taxonomy reveals new Australian species of the deep-water snail genera Comispira (Conoidea: Cochlespiridae) and Leucosyrinx (Conoidea: Pseudomelatomidae)

A new species of Carychium O.F. Müller, 1773 from Pakistan (Gastropoda: Carychiidae)

The reproductive response of Cornu aspersum to different hibernation conditions

Latest News

MSA Travel Grant to WCM 2025

The MSA is offering a travel grant to support a student based in Australasia to attend the World Congress of Malacology. Applications close on 2 May 2025. Find more information here.

CONFERENCE: Molluscs 2024

The MSA triennial conference was held from 24-28 November 2024, in Perth, Australia. Please see the conference website for more information. Sydney will be hosting our next conference, in 2027.

Open Online Symposia Series
Thanks to all who joined us on 30 November 2023 for our Molluscan Microbiomes symposium! To see the recording, follow the instructions you received by email and

MOLLUSCS 2022
Thanks to all of you who attended the Molluscs 2022 hybrid meeting!
The conference was held from November 28 to December 1, 2022, at Mantra on View, Surfers Paradise. Recorded talks were available for three months following the meeting. The programme is available from this link.

Research Grants ($2500 to graduate student projects)
The MSA supports graduate student malacologists through our annual Research Grants and travel grants. See the MSA Research Support page for details. Applications for this year are open until Friday, June 30, 2023.

Molluscs as bioindicators of change (December 2, 2021)

Our last symposium was held on the 2nd of December 2021. The theme was Molluscs as Bioindicators of Change, and it was free for members and non-members of MSA. More information here

Marine Molluscs at Work (June, 2021)

Our first online symposium was held on the 22nd of June 2021. The theme was Molluscs in Fisheries and Aquaculture, and it was free for members and non-members of MSA. More information here

Molluscs 2018

The Program Book from our recent conference in Wellington, NZ is now available online here

MOLLUSCS 2018

Our first triennial conference in New Zealand was a huge success! Members can check out the most recent issue of our newsletter for a summary and some fabulous photos of all the fun!