Description
Contents
Introduction by Antόnio Monteiro, Chairman of the meeting
The meeting program
The plenary sessions
– “A career strongly dedicated to cones” by Dr. Georges Richard, guest of honor of the meeting
(Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de La Rochelle – Université de La Rochelle, La Rochelle, France)
«The Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de La Rochelle and its Cone holding, during and after renovation» by Michaël Rabiller (Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de La Rochelle, La Rochelle, France)
“Cone snails: Laying the groundwork for survival of the scarcest ” by Howard Peters (Faculty of science, University of York, York, UK)
“Hidden biodiversity in Cone shells: Criteria that help species recognition and review of some complexes” by Dr. Eric Monnier and Loïc Limpalaër (Paris, France)
“Biogeography of the Western Atlantic Cone Shells: A Three Province Approach” by Dr. Edward J. Petuch (Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA)
“Sampling the cone biodiversity of Mayotte for drug discovery in the VENOMICS project” by Dr. Pierre Escoubas (VenomeTech, Valbonne, France)
“Thirty years of tropical deep-water exploration: new cones from the Pacific and Indian oceans” by Prof. Dr. Philippe Bouchet (Muséum Nationale d’Histoire Naturelle – Paris, France)
“Venomics: From cone snail venoms to drugs” by Dr. Reto Stöcklin (Atheris Laboratories, Geneve, Switzerland)
A workshop presentation
Dissection and radular mounting by Manuel J. Tenorio (Facultad de Ciencias, Universitad de Cádiz, Spain)
Posters
List of the attendees
Description of Conus boutetorum sp. Nov. by Dr Georges Richard and Michaël Rabiller
Endangered species by Antόnio Monteiro
Bonus in French :
«L’école de médecine navale de Rochefort » by Denis Roland, Curator.
Pierre-Adolphe Lesson un acteur et témoin méconnu de l’exploration du Pacifique dans la première moitié du XIXème siècle » by Claude Stefani , Curator of the « Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de Rochefort Hôtel Hèbre de Saint-Clément».
Conclusion by Antόnio Monteiro, Chairman of the meeting
Thanks and photographic credits