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Váncsa Klára: The Romanian aspects of the Mollusca collection of Gyula Kovács (part of the Mollusca collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum)

Váncsa Klára PELBÁRT 2000 Pelbárt Jenő: Magyarország recens Mollusca faunájának tudományos névszótára. Nagykovácsi, 2000. RICHNOVSZKY-PINTÉR 1979 Richnovszky, A. - Pintér, L.: Vízicsigák és kagylók (Mollusca) kishatározója. Vízügyi Hidrológia, 6. (1979) VIZDOK. SOÓS 1945 Soós L.: A Kárpát-medence Mollusca-faunája. Budapest, 1945. VARGA-PINTÉR 1972 Varga A. - Pintér L.: Zur problematik der Gattung Hygromia Risso, 1826. Fol. Hist.-nat. Mus. Matr., 1. (1972) 121-129. The Romanian aspects of the Mollusca collection of Gyula Kovács (part of the Mollusca collection of The Hungarian Natural History Museum) - Klára Váncsa Resume Reading the collection diary of the malacologist with a european reputation, Gyula Kovács (1932-1996) I discovered that during his life he collected data in many parts of Romania. Out of his entire Mollusca collection (17 000 items) the Romanian collection is 802 items, almost 5% of the entire collection. Inspite of the many existing malacological collections there is only a few limited amount of data available concerning the malacofauna of the country. Therefore I find it very important to publish the Romanian aspects of this considerable collection. In the article it's put in chronological and alphabetical order in order to be able to survey the data from either a chronological or a faunistical point of wiew. I gave a brief summary on Gyula Kovács's life so that the ones that didn't know him would be able to form an idea of his personality, and the ones that knew him could commemorate this outstanding scientist with respect. Váncsa Klára 5600 Békéscsaba Was s ich sétány 11. 4/10. E-mail: kaeszka@freemail.hu 58