Virginia Orr Maes
Virginia Orr Maes (1920–1986) was an American malacologist associated with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.[1] Thanks to her collecting, the academy has an exceptionally fine collection of turrids.[1] She married Robert A. Maes in 1963.[1] They had no children.[1]
A bibliography of Virginia Orr Maes was written by the malacologist Robert Robertson in 1987.[1]
Taxa named in honor
[edit]Gastropods named in honor of Virginia Orr Maes include one genus, six species and one subspecies:[1]
- Genus Maesiella McLean in McLean & Poorman, 1971[1]
- Anarithma maesi Drivas & Jay, 1986[1]
- Fusiturricula maesae Rios, 1985[1]
- Maesiella maesae McLean & Poorman, 1971[1]
- Pugnus maesae Roth, 1972[1]
- Simnia maesae Cate, 1973[1]
- Taheitia orrae Turner, 1959[1]
- Subspecies Strombus urceus orrae Abbott, 1960[1] - now considered to be a synonym of Canarium urceus urceus (Linnaeus, 1758)[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Robertson R. (1987). "Virginia Orr Maes (1920-1986): Biography and Malacological Bibliography". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 139: 527-532.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2011). Canarium urceus urceus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532185 on 2011-08-08