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Leonidas Maroulis

Leonidas Maroulis

PhD candidate (Invertebrates Division)

E-mail leomaroulis@gmail.com
Phone No. +302810393—
Office Γ109 (White Buildings, Knossou Campus)

Research interests

  • Biogeography
  • Macroecology
  • Systematics of land snails

Education

  • Present: Doctoral Thesis, Biology Department, School of Sciences, University of Crete. Title «Biogeography of terrestrial gastropods in the Aegean with emphasis on human influence», Supervisor Nikos Poulakakis
  • 2019: Master’s Degree, Environmental Biology and Management of Terrestrial and Marine Biological Resources, University of Crete. Biogeography of the Aegean islands. The species-area relationship.
  • 2017: Bachelor’s Degree in Biology, Biology Department, School of Sciences, University of Crete

Recent Publications

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2025 On the path to extinction

Maroulis, l., Poulakakis, N., Proios, K., Karakasi, D., Triantis, K.A., Mylonas, M., Vardinoyannis, K. (2025) On the path to extinction: Helix godetiana Kobelt, 1878, the only threatened Helix species in Greece. Nature Conservation 58: 1–10

2024 The terrestrial gastropods in three Dodecanese islands

Maroulis, L., Karakasi, D., Bitzilekis, E., Dalias, P., Mylonas, M., Vardinoyannis, K. (2024) The terrestrial gastropods in three Dodecanese islands, Rhodes, Symi, Chalki (Aegean Sea, Greece). Folia malacologica , 32(1):1-18

2022 The land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) of Kea island (Aegean, Greece).

Maroulis, L., Vardinoyannis, K., Karakasi, D., Proios, K., Mylonas, M., Triantis, K.A. (2022) The land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) of Kea island (Aegean, Greece). Biodiversity Data Journal, 10: e87720.

2022 Finding the missing link: first record of Zonites pergranulatus

Maroulis, L., Proios, K., D., Mylonas, M., Vardinoyannis, Triantis, K.A (2022). Finding the missing link: first record of Zonites pergranulatus Kobelt, 1878 on Paros island (Cyclades, Aegean, Greece).  Folia Malacologica, 30(4): 251-253.

2021 Species-area relationship of the Aegean, a comparative approach between six taxa.

Maroulis, L., Mylonas, M., Vardinoyannis, K. (2021) Species-area relationship of the Aegean, a comparative approach between six taxa. Frontiers of Biogeography, 13(4)e52929e.

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Research papers

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2025 On the path to extinction

Maroulis, l., Poulakakis, N., Proios, K., Karakasi, D., Triantis, K.A., Mylonas, M., Vardinoyannis, K. (2025) On the path to extinction: Helix godetiana Kobelt, 1878, the only threatened Helix species in Greece. Nature Conservation 58: 1–10

2024 The terrestrial gastropods in three Dodecanese islands

Maroulis, L., Karakasi, D., Bitzilekis, E., Dalias, P., Mylonas, M., Vardinoyannis, K. (2024) The terrestrial gastropods in three Dodecanese islands, Rhodes, Symi, Chalki (Aegean Sea, Greece). Folia malacologica , 32(1):1-18

2022 The land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) of Kea island (Aegean, Greece).

Maroulis, L., Vardinoyannis, K., Karakasi, D., Proios, K., Mylonas, M., Triantis, K.A. (2022) The land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) of Kea island (Aegean, Greece). Biodiversity Data Journal, 10: e87720.

2022 Finding the missing link: first record of Zonites pergranulatus

Maroulis, L., Proios, K., D., Mylonas, M., Vardinoyannis, Triantis, K.A (2022). Finding the missing link: first record of Zonites pergranulatus Kobelt, 1878 on Paros island (Cyclades, Aegean, Greece).  Folia Malacologica, 30(4): 251-253.

2021 Species-area relationship of the Aegean, a comparative approach between six taxa.

Maroulis, L., Mylonas, M., Vardinoyannis, K. (2021) Species-area relationship of the Aegean, a comparative approach between six taxa. Frontiers of Biogeography, 13(4)e52929e.

Announcements at Conferences

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2022 The land snails of Paros island (Aegean Sea, Greece) with faunistic and taxonomic remarks (poster presentation)

Maroulis, L., Vardinoyannis, K. Proios, K., Mylonas, M., Triantis, K.A. (2022) The land snails of Paros island (Aegean Sea, Greece) with faunistic and taxonomic remarks (poster presentation) World Congress of Malacology, 01- 05 August 2022, Munchen, Germany.

2022 Re-approaching land snail fauna in three Cyclades islands 45 years later: preliminary biogeographical and ecological results (oral presentation)

Proios, K., Maroulis, L., Vardinoyannis, K., Mylonas, M., Triantis, K. (2022) Re-approaching land snail fauna in three Cyclades islands 45 years later: preliminary biogeographical and ecological results (oral presentation) World Congress of Malacology, 01- 05 August 2022, Munchen, Germany.

2021 Nestedness in the malacofauna of five island groups of the Aegean -Oral presentation-.

Maroulis, L., Vardinoyannis, K., Poulakakis, N. (2021) Nestedness in the malacofauna of five island groups of the Aegean -Oral presentation-. 10th HELECOS Conference, On line, October 14-17 2021, Ioannina, Greece. p.53.

2019 Species – Area relationship of the Aegean: a multimodel and multitaxa approach -Oral presentation-.

Maroulis, L., Mylonas, M., Vardinoyannis, K. (2019) Species - Area relationship of the Aegean: a multimodel and multitaxa approach -Oral presentation-. 14th ICZEGAR, 27-30 June 2019, Thessaloniki, Greece. p.112.

2017 Land Snails of Rhodes, Symi and Chalki islands (SE Aegean) -Poster presentation-.

Maroulis, L., Mylonas, M., Dalias, P., Vardinoyannis, K. (2017) Land Snails of Rhodes, Symi and Chalki islands (SE Aegean) -Poster presentation-. 8th European Congress of Malacological Societies Krakow, 10-14 September 2017, Poland.

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