Research activities

Zoology, malacology; biodiversity of marine molluscs; taxonomy, systematics, biogeography, anatomy and biology of bivalves, aplacophorans, gastropods and polyplacophorans.

Teaching activities

Zoology, malacology, taxonomy, systematics.

Selected Publications

passos, F. D.; Domaneschi, O.; A new species of Mysella Angas, 1877 (Bivalvia: Galeommatoidea) from Admiralty Bay, King George Island, South Shetlands, Antarctica, with data on its biology and functional anatomy. Polar Biology, v.29, p. 389-398, 2006 [ doi:10.1007/s00300-005-0068-3 ]

Sartori, A. F.; passos, F. D.; Domaneschi, O.; Arenophilic mantle glands in the Laternulidae (Bivalvia: Anomalodesmata) and their evolutionary significance. Acta Zoologica (Stockholm), v.87, p. 265-272, 2006 [ doi:10.1111/j.1463-6395.2006.00240.x ]

passos, Flávio Dias; Domaneschi, Osmar; The anatomical characters related to the brooding behavior of two Antarctic species of Mysella Angas, 1877 (Bivalvia, Galeommatoidea, Lasaeidae), with direct and indirect evidences of ovoviviparity. Polar Biology, v.32, p. 271-280, 2009 [ doi:10.1007/s00300-008-0528-7 ]

passos, F. D.; Magalhães, F. T.; A comparative study of the Bivalvia (Mollusca) from the continental shelves of Antarctica and Brazil. Biota Neotropica (Online. Edição em Inglês), v.11, p. 143-156, 2011

passos, Flávio Dias; Corrêa, Paulo Vinicius Ferraz; Miranda, Marcel Sabino; Better Alone Than in Bad Company: New Species of Caudofoveate Limifossorid (Mollusca, Aplacophora) Unravels Patterns of Distribution Hidden in the Deep Atlantic. FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE, v.8, p. 669478-, 2021 [ doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.669478 ]