A Rocha Portugal Observatory Report 2009-2010
A Rocha Portugal Observatory Report 2009-2010
A Rocha Portugal Observatory Report 2009-2010
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20 A <strong>Rocha</strong> <strong>Portugal</strong> <strong>Observatory</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2009</strong>-<strong>2010</strong><br />
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Acknowledgements<br />
“I would like to acknowledge all the valuable help with identification from Jose Pedro Borges and José Filipe<br />
Bragança. I also thank João Monteiro from the Instituto Português de Malacologia for all his help and time<br />
and Bert van der Auvermeulen for general ideas and to all those people who supported me during this<br />
project."