A workshop dealing with Bivalve was hosted by Profs. Zulfigar Yasin and Aileen Tan Shau Hwai (Universiti Sains Malaysia) in Penang, Malaysia from March 8 to 10, 2008. Fifty two participants from five countries (Thailand,Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, and Malaysia) learned about taxonomy of bivalves. Participants identified specimens from their own samples under the supervision of Prof. Akihiko Matsukuma (Kyusyu University Museum, Japan).　see Photos