''Basteria'' is a bimonthly

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published by the Netherlands Malacological Society, covering research on

molluscs Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...

. It was established in 1936 and is now published mostly in English. The

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is Ruud Bank. A former editor-in-chief is Adolph Cornelis van Bruggen. The journal is named after

Job Baster Job Baster, sometimes Hiob Baster, (2 April 1711, in Zierikzee – 6 March 1775) was a Dutch physician and naturalist who devoted himself almost entirely to the study of medicine and natural history. He studied and took his degree of doctor of ...

, a Dutch naturalist of the 18th century.''Basteria'' homepage

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Malacology journals Science and technology in the Netherlands English-language journals Bimonthly journals Academic journals established in 1936 {{zoo-journal-stub