Estonian Malacological Society (Eesti Malakoloogia Ühing) is an Estonia-based society concerned with the study of
molluscs
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is estim ...
. It was founded in 1996. It is a branch of the
Estonian Naturalists' Society
Estonian Naturalists' Society ( et, Eesti Looduseuurijate Selts, ELUS) is the oldest Estonia-based society of naturalists. It was founded in 1853, and since establishing has been the major scientific organisation focusing on natural history of E ...
. The organization participated in Operation MegaLab, a
Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...
-wide survey of
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known ...
s, in 2009. It also has issued press releases to warn Estonians about the arrival in the country of
invasive snail species that are garden pests.
Estonian threatened gardens gate-crasher
''Estonian Nature'', 2009
See also
*Malacological Society of London
The Malacological Society of London is a British learned society and charitable organisation concerned with malacology, the study of molluscs, a large phylum of invertebrate animals divided into nine or ten taxonomic classes, of which two ar ...
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Malacological societies
Scientific organizations established in 1996
Biology organizations
Science and technology in Estonia
Scientific organizations based in Estonia
1996 establishments in Estonia