Dr. A.J. (Ton) de Winter
non-marine mollusca
- ton.dewinter@ncbnaturalis.nl
- Phone
- +31 (0)71 5687 567
- Room Number
- C02.08
Research interests
My research interests are the evolution, systematics, biogeography and ecology of non-marine gastropods (snails and slugs). Within this broad field, I presently focus on the land snails inhabiting the Afrotropical region (the western part in particular), but other geographic areas are also occasionally touched, for phylogenetic and other comparative reasons, or by stochastic causes. The western Palaearctic non-marine Molluscan fauna has been and remains for me an area of interest.
Projects:
- Systematics of land snail taxa of Africa from Senegal to Northern Angola, and from the Gulf of Guinea Islands to 15° Eastern longitude. An annotated list of taxa is currently being prepared. Numerous new taxa are awaiting description, but this can often only be done after re-evaluation of the taxa described in the past. This prompts smaller and larger revisions at the species level, largely based on conchological characters, since most of the type specimens are empty shells.
- In addition, most groups require major revisions taking also the morphology of the soft parts and molecular data into account, since the systematic grouping of many taxa is still purely based on shell characters, and the generic and even family assignment of species is very uncertain. The following Afrotropical groups are in particular currently being studied:
1. Helicarionoidea of western Africa (Thapsia and other fully-shelled taxa, semislugs and slugs).
 Thapsia copula. |
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2. Western African Streptaxidae (Gulella s.l., Ptychotrema s.l.).
 "Gulella" kuiperi De Winter, 2006 (actual shell height 2.5 mm; drawing by I. van Noortwijk) |
- Handbook "Land snails of the Netherlands" (with E. Gittenberger). A new systematic overview and identification tool of the land snails occuring in the Netherlands. The last book covering the Dutch land snail fauna dates back to 1984. The new book is scheduled in 2009, 25 years after the previous one, at the occasion of the 75th anniversity of the Dutch Malacological Society.
Publications
Naturalis RepositoryWinter, A.J. de, 2008. Notes on Parennea species from western Africa, including descriptions of two new species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Streptaxidae) .— Basteria 72: 215-222.
Winter, A.J. de, 2008. De tapijtschelp Venerupis senegalensis in veen op Terschelling, of: Leeft Venerupis saxatilis in Nederland?— Spirula 365: 132-133.
Winter, A.J. de, 2008. De kleine boormossel Barnea parva in een veenklomp aangespoeld op Terschelling.— Spirula 365: 143-144.
Winter, A.J. de, 2008. Redefinition of Thapsia Albers, 1860, and description of three more helicarionoid genera from western Africa (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) .— Zoologische Medelingen Leiden 82 (41): 441-478.
Winter, A.J. de, 2008. Costigulella primennilus spec. nov., a new minute western African terrestrial snail, with remarks on the genus Costigulella (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Streptaxidae).— Zoologische Medelingen Leiden 82 (23): 245-252.
Winter, A.J. de, 2007. Evolution of spermatophore ornamentation in the land snail genus Thapsia (Stylommatophora, Helicarionoidea): a role for secual selection?.— in: Jordaens, K., Van Houtte, N., Van Goethem, J. & Backeljau, T., 2007. Abstracts Word Congress of Malacology: 49.
Winter, A.J. de, 2006. Escargots aquatique souterrains de Belgique, Le cas particulier de Avenionia roberti.— Eco Karst 63: 17-20.
Winter, A.J. de, 2006. Radix balthica en Radix labiata sympatrisch in Nederland?
[Do Radix balthica and Radix labiata occur sympatrically in the Nederlands?].— Spirula - Correspondentieblad van de Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging 350: 50-51.
Winter, A.J. de, 2006. Gulella (Silvigulella?) kuiperi spec. nov., a new minute land snail from Cameroon (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Streptaxidae).— Basteria Supplement 3, 2006: 69-72.
Soes, D.M. & Winter, A.J. de, 2005. Xerotricha apicina (Lamarck, 1822), een nieuwe immigrant in Nederland (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Hygromiidae) [Xerotricha apicina (Lamarck, 1822), a new immigrant land snail in the Netherlands].— Basteria 69: 81-86.
Soes, D.M. & Winter, A.J. de, 2005. De tweede vondst van Arion lusitanicus in Nederland. Spirula [A second record of Arion lusitanicus in the Netherlands].— Spirula - Correspondentieblad van de Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging 342: 14-15.
Soes, D.M. & Winter, A.J. de, 2004. Een nieuwe vindplaats van Deroceras sturanyi in Nederland [A new locality for Deroceras sturanyi in the Netherlands].— Spirula - Correspondentieblad van de Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging 340: 99-101
Winter, A.J. de, & Leeuwen, S.J. van, 2004. Veranderingen in de niet-marine molluskenfauna van Vlieland [Changes in the non-marine molluscan fauna of the Dutch Wadden Sea Island of Vlieland].— Spirula - Correspondentieblad van de Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging 338: 50-56.
Boesveld,-A. & Winter, A.J. de, 2004. Oxychilus (Ortizius) navarricus helveticus (Blum, 1881), een nieuwe landslak voor de Nederlandse fauna (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Zonitidae) [Oxychilus (Ortizius) navarricus helveticus (Blum, 1881), a new land snail for Dutch fauna (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Zonitidae].— Basteria 69: 1-6.
Pinceel, J., Jordaens, K., Van Houtte, N., Winter, A.J. de, & Backeljau, T., 2004. Molecular and morphological data reveal cryptic taxonomic diversity in the terrestrial slug complex Arion subfuscus/fuscus (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Arionidae) in continental north-west Europe.— Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 83: 23-38.
Bruggen, A.C. van & Winter, A.J. de, 2003 Studies on the Streptaxidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda Pulmonata) of Malawi 8. A revision of ‘Marconia’ hamiltoni (Smith), the largest local streptaxid, with the description of a new genus.— Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden 345: 59-78.
Winter, A.J. de, 2002. Boekbespreking [Book review]: Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile 73. Teil. Mollusca I. Süsswassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas door P. Gloër, 2002.— Basteria 66: 197-198.
Winter, A.J. de, 2002. Notes on land operculates from Cameroon (Gastropoda: Cyclophoridae and Maizaniidae), including the description of two new species.— pp. 237-251, in: Falkner, M., Groh., K. & Speight, M.C.D. (eds.), Collectanea Malacologica, Festschrift für Gerhard Falkner. ConchBooks, Hackenheim.
Winter, A.J. de, 2001. Grauwe wegslak/Bos-wegslak Arion circumscriptus (complex); Zwarte wegslak/Donkere wegslak Arion hortensis (complex); Egel-wegslak Arion intermedius.— pp. 82-84 in: Bruyne, R.H. de & C.M. Neckheim (eds), Van nonnetje tot tonnetje, de recente en fossiele weekdieren (slakken en schelpen) van Amsterdam. Schuyt & Co, Haarlem.
Winter, A.J. de, 2001. Land snail diversity among three rainforest sites in southern Cameroon. p. 77 in: Salvini-Plawen, L., Voltzow, J., Sattmann, H. & Steiner, G. (eds.) abstracts, World Congress of Malacology, 2001. Vienna, Austria.
Gittenberger, E., Goud, J., Maassen, W.J.M., Menkhorst, H.P.M.G., Ripken, Th.E.J., Winter, A.J. de, & Bank, R.A., 2000. Comment on the proposed conservation of Trichia Hartmann, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) and proposed emendation of spelling of Trichiinae Lozek, 1956 (Mollusca) to Trichiainae, so removing the homonymy with Trichiidae Fleming, 1821 (Insecta, Coleoptera).— Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 57: 166-167.
Winter, A.J. de, 2000. Het landslakje Lauria cylindracea op de Wageningse Berg.— Correspondentieblad Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging 312: 2-3.
Winter, A.J. de, Gomez, B.J. & Prieto, C.E., 1999. Sinistrexcisa, a new genus of land snail from Central West Africa with four new species (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Streptaxidae).— Journal of Molluscan Studies 65: 209-221.
Boeters H.D., Falkner, Gerhard, Gittenberger, E., Winter, A.J. de, von-Proschwitz, T., & Ripken, Th.E.J. Comments on the proposed conservation of Hydrobia Hartmann, 1821 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) and Cyclostoma acuta Draparnaud, 1805 (currently Hydrobia acuta) by the replacement of the lectotype of H. acuta with a neotype; proposed designation of Turbo ventrosus Montagu, 1803 as the type species of Ventrosia Radoman, 1977; and propsed emendation of spelling of Hydrobiina Mulsant, 1844 (Insecta, Coleoptera) to Hydrobiusina, so removing the homonymy with Hydrobiidae Troschel, 1857 (Mollusca).— Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 56: 56-62.
Winter, A.J. de & Vermeulen, J.J., 1998. A first record of Truncatellina (Pulmonata: Vertiginidae) in SE. Asia: Truncatellina cf. insulivaga on Java, Indonesia.— Basteria 62: 269-271.
Winter, A.J. de & Gittenberger, E., 1998. The land snail fauna of a square kilometer patch of rainforest in SW. Cameroon: high species richness, low abundance and seasonal fluctuations.— Malacologia 40: 231-250.
Vermeulen, J.J., Winter, A.J. de, & A.S.H. Breure, 1998. Handleidingvoor het verzamelen van landslakken in vochtig-tropische gebieden.—Informatiebladen van de Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging 11: 1-16.
Winter, A.J. de & Gittenberger, E., 1998. Land snail diversity of a square kilometer of rainforest in southwestern Cameroon. Abstracts, World Congress of Malacology, Washington D.C. 1998: 84.
Winter, A.J. de, 1997. (With De Bruyne et al.). Verspreidingsatlas van de Nederlandse Mollusken (week- en schelpdieren, slakken en mossels) Deel 1: bijzondere soorten < 1985 (voorlopige versie) 1-26, 100 distribution maps). Stichting Anemoon, EIS Nederland, Zoologisch Museum Amsterdam. Report.
Winter, A.J. de, 1997. Massale sterfte van Unionidae in de Rijn bij Wageningen en een vondst van Pseudanodonta complanata.— Correspondentieblad Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging 297: 86-88.
Winter, A.J. de, 1997. A giant specimen of Archachatina marginata (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Achatinidae).— Basteria 61: 41-42.
Winter, A.J. de, 1997. Limax flavus L. synanthropical in Madagascar (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Limacidae).— Basteria 61: 40.
Winter, A.J. de, 1997. Overleeft Corbicula strenge winters in Nederland?.— Correspondentieblad Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging 296: 62-63.
Winter, A.J. de, 1996. Over kielen en navels bij landslakken.— Correspondentieblad Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging 293: 137-139.
Winter, A.J. de, 1996. Six new species of Streptaxidae (Gastropoda Pulmonata) from West Africa.— Basteria 60P: 139-148.
Winter, A.J. de, 1996. Miscellaneous notes on West African Maizaniella (Prosobranchia: Maizaniidae).— Basteria 59: 91-95.
Winter, A.J. de, 1995. Enkele opmerkingen over de prosobranchiate landslak Tropidophora cuvieriana (Petit) op Madagascar: een correctie op Tucker Abbott's (1989) 'Compendium of Land Shells'.— Correspondentieblad Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging 286: 114-115.
Winter, A.J. de, 1995. Gastropod diversity in a rain forest in Gabon, western Africa.— in: A.C. van Bruggen, S.M. Wells & Th.C.M. Kemperman (eds.), molluscan diversity and conservation. Backhuys, Leiden: 223-228.
Winter, A.J. de, 1995. Vogeleieren en slakken.— Correspondentieblad Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging 285: 95-97.
Bruggen A.C. van & Winter, A.J. de, 1995. Notes on Micractaeon, a monotypic genus of African land snails (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Ferussaciidae?).— Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 69: 79-92.
Winter, A.J. de, 1995. Recente schelpkleppen van de otterschelp Lutraria lutraria op Terschelling.— Correspondentieblad Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging 284: 70.
Backeljau, T., Winter, A.J. de, Martin,-R., Rodriquez, T.; De-Bruyn, L., 1994. Genital and allozyme similarity between Arion urbiae and A. anguloi (Mollusca: Pulmonata).— Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 110: 1-18.
Winter, A.J. de, 1992. Gastropod diversity in a rainforest in Gabon, Western Africa.— Proceedings 11th. Malacological Congress, Siena (abstract volume): 172-173.
Winter, A.J. de & Maassen, W.J.M., 1992. Two new Hygromiidae from Crna Gora and Kosovo (Gastropoda Pulmonata), with a checklist of the hygromiid species described from the western Balkan.— Basteria 56: 173-192.
Winter, A.J. de & Bruggen, A.C. van, 1992. The systematic position of Afropunctum seminium (Morelet) and 'Guppya' rumrutiensis (Preston), with the description of two new taxa.— Proceedings Koninklijke. Nederlandse Akadademie van Wetenschappen (ser. C) 95: 515-533.
Winter, A.J. de, 1991. Deroceras rodnae in eastern France (Pulmonata, Agriolimacidae).— Basteria 55: 138.
Winter, A.J. de & Ripken, Th.E.J.,1991. New land snails from the Iberian Peninsula.— Basteria 55: 3-7.
Winter, A.J. de, 1990. Little known land snails from the French Alpes (Pulmonata).— Basteria 54: 227-237.
Bruggen, A.C. van & Winter, A.J. de, 1990. Carinazingis regalis nov. gen. nov. spec. from Malawi, an urocyclid snail with a frontal organ and not belonging to Gymnarion (Mollusca, Gastropoda Pulmonata: Urocyclidae).— Proceedings Koninklijke. Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (ser. C) 93: 235-252.
Winter, A.J. de, 1990. On some small West African land snails (Gastropoda, Pulmonata).— Journal of Conchology 33: 305-309.
Winter, A.J. de, 1989. New records of Achatina fulica Bowdich from the Côte d'Ivoire.— Basteria 53: 71-72.
Winter, A.J. de, 1989. Remarks on the non-marine molluscan fauna of the Azores. 3. A new species of Drouetia from the Isle of Sao Miguel (Pulmonata: Zonitidae).— Basteria 53: 63-67.
Winter, A.J. de, 1989. Arion lusitanicus Mabille in Nederland (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Arionidae).— Basteria 53: 49-51.
Winter, A.J. de & Ripken, Th.E.J., 1989. Leiostyla anglica (Wood) on Madeira (Gastropoda Pulmonata, Pupillidae).— Basteria 53: 47-48.
Winter, A.J. de, 1988. Remarks on the non-marine molluscan fauna of the Azores, 1. A new Punctum (Pulmonata, Punctidae) from the Azores. 2. Notes on Deroceras (Pulmonata, Agriolimacidae) from the Azores.— Basteria 52: 105-109.
Winter, A.J. de, 1988. Achatina fulica in West Africa.— Basteria 52: 2.
Winter, A.J. de, 1987. Verrucarion demeryi, a new semi-slug from Sierra Leone (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Urocyclidae).— Basteria 51: 87-93.
Backeljau, T. & Winter, A.J. de, 1987. An electrophoretic characterization of three paratypes of Arion fagophilus De Winter, 1986, with notes on the subgeneric division of the genus Arion.—Zeitschrift für zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 25: 169-180.
Winter, A.J. de & Visser, G.J.M., 1987. Deroceras agreste op Terschelling (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Agriolimacidae).— Basteria 51: 53-56.
Winter, A.J. de, 1987. Verslag NMV excursie naar Friesland.— Correspondentieblad Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging 236: 260-262.
Winter, A.J. de & Butot, L.J.M., 1986. Three new Deroceras species from Greece (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Agriolimacidae).— Basteria 50: 35-44.
Winter, A.J. de, 1986. Little known and new South-West European slugs (Pulmonata: Agriolimacidae, Arionidae).— Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 60: 135-158.
Notenboom, J. & Winter, A.J. de, 1986. Dutch biological and speleological exploration in Algeria. 5. Survey of the groundwater stations investigated in 1981 and 1983. pp. 1-20, 2 appendices.
Winter, A.J. de, 1985. Two new semi-slugs from Gabon, western Africa (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Urocyclidae).— Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 59: 209-220.
Winter, A.J. de, 1985. A new rapid method for the relaxation and killing of slugs.— Basteria 49: 71-72.
Gittenberger, E. & Winter, A.J. de, 1985. A Pyrenean Monacha species, Monacha (Metatheba) atacis spec. nov. (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata).- Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 59: 197-207.
Winter, A.J. de & Butot, L.J.M., 1985. On some slugs from the Isle of Andros, Greece, including the descriptions of two new species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata).— Bulletin Zoologisch Museum Universiteit van Amsterdam 10: 77-85.
Winter, A.J. de, 1985. De invertebratenfauna van de Zuidlimburgse kalkgraslanden. Mollusken van Kalkgraslanden.— Natuurhistuurhistorisch Maandblad 74: 80-84.
Winter, A.J. de, 1985. A new Deroceras species from north-western Spain (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Agriolimacidae).— Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 59: 69-77.
Winter, A.J. de, 1984. The Arion hortensis complex: Designation of types, descriptions, and distribution patterns, with special reference to the Netherlands.— Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 59: 1-17.
Winter, A.J. de, 1984. Over het voorkomen van Boettgerilla pallens Simroth en Deroceras panormitanum (Lessona & Pollonera) in Nederland.— Correspondentieblad Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging 219: 1547-1551.
Winter, A.J. de, 1983. Verslag NMV-excursie naar Zuid-Limburg.— Correspondentieblad Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging 211: 1346-1350.
Boeters, H.D. & Winter, A.J. de, 1983. Neues über Avenionia Nicolas 1882 (Prosobranchia: Hydrobiidae).—Archiv für Molluskenkunde 114: 25-30.
Notenboom, J. & Winter, A.J. de,1983. Avenionia brevis roberti Boeters (Prosobranchia, Hydrobiidae) in the Netherlands, with notes on its habitat.— Basteria 47: 149-153.
Winter, A.J. de, 1983. Euphaedusa cumingiana (L. Pfeiffer) (Pulmonata, Clausiliidae) new to the fauna of Java (Indonesia).— Basteria 47: 59-60.
Gittenberger, E.& Winter, A.J. de, 1980. Nieuwe gegevens over in Nederland gevonden naaktslakken.— Basteria 44: 71-76.
Winter, A.J. de, Iets over landslakken uit de omgeving van Cap Gris-Nez en Cap Blanc-Nez (Pas de Calais), Frankrijk.— Correspondentieblad Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging 192: 983-984.1977
Winter, A.J. de, 1977. Littorina neritoides petraea (Montagu, 1803) ook in 1976 gevonden.— Het Zeepaard 37: 66-67.
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