In the almost ten years time this homepage has been online and growing steadily, it would not have been possible in the present form but for the friendly support and feedback from people all over the world.
In this context I would like to say thank you to Hartmut Nordsieck (Frankfurt), Dr. Vollrath Wiese (Cismar, also the head of the German Malacolozoological Society) and Dr. Bruce Livett (Melbourne, Australia) for the friendly support in scientific matters.
A special thank you I would like to say to the former head of the Mollusca department (Department Zoology III) in the Vienna Natural History Museum, Dr. Karl Edlinger, and also to his successor in office, Mag. Anita Eschner for allowing me to use the Mollusc library and helping me in many ways.
I would also like to specially thank MMag. Irene Drozdowski and Mag. Alexander Mrkvicka of the Vienna Woods Biosphere Park, for inviting me in such a friendly way to take part in GEO days of species diversity and to improve my knowledge on Vienna snails.
Many mollusc friends and divers have been so friendly as to provide me with a lot of pictures, so I was not limited to molluscs from my doorstep.
A cordial thank you therefore is to Dr. Vollrath Wiese, Dr. Bruce Livett, Helmut Nisters (Innsbruck), Andreas Heidl (Schwabmünchen), Klaus Bogon, Herrn Prof. Dr. Patzner (Salzburg), Prof. Dr. Roy Caldwell (Berkeley, California), Bill Frank and Jim Miller (Jacksonville, Florida), Sami, Jeffrey Jeffords, Jeff Rosenfeld, Philippe and Julien Thomas (France), Hans and Hania Arentsen (Holland), Helene Haas (Bavaria), Werner Köstenberger (Austria) und Dr. Stephan Roscher (Frankfurt).
I do not want to miss pointing to homepages that have supported my work in such a friendly way:
The final and most important thank you has to go to Micaela Brugsch from Berlin for the time I could spend in her company and for the many good ideas, pictures and insights. Thank you!