Arculus (bivalve)
Arculus may refer to: * The Roman tutelary god of chests and strongboxes (''arcae''); see '' Indigitamenta'' * A crossvein near the base of the wing in certain insects; see Glossary of entomology terms * ''Arculus'' (bivalve), a genus of the Neoleptonidae family of marine bivalve clams People with the surname * Sir David Arculus (born 1946), British media figure, businessman and advisor to Government * Richard Arculus, Australian petrologist and volcanologist * Sir Ronald Arculus (1923–2016), British ambassador See also * '' Aculus'', a genus of mites * ''Argulus ''Argulus'' is a genus of fish lice in the family Argulidae The family Argulidae, whose members are commonly known as carp lice or fish lice, are parasitic crustaceans in the class Ichthyostraca. It is the only family in the monotypic subclas ...

Indigitamenta
In ancient Roman religion, the ''indigitamenta'' were lists of deities kept by the College of Pontiffs to assure that the correct divine names were invoked for public prayers. These lists or books probably described the nature of the various deities who might be called on under particular circumstances, with specifics about the sequence of invocation. The earliest ''indigitamenta'', like many other aspects of Roman religion, were attributed to Numa Pompilius, second king of Rome. Sources The books of the Pontiffs are known only through scattered passages preserved throughout Latin literature. Varro is assumed to have drawn on direct knowledge of the lists in writing his now-fragmentary theological books, which were used as a reference by the Church Fathers for their mocking catalogues of minor deities. As William Warde Fowler noted, the good Fathers tumbled the whole collection about sadly in their search for material for their mockery, having no historical or scientific object in ...
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Glossary Of Entomology Terms
This glossary of entomology describes terms used in the formal study of insect species by entomologists. A–C A synthetic chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide, toxic to vertebrates. Though its phytotoxicity is low, solvents in some formulations may damage certain crops. cf. the related Dieldrin, Endrin, Isodrin * D–F A synthetic chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide, toxic to vertebrates. cf. the related Aldrin, Endrin, Isodrin A synthetic chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide, toxic to vertebrates. Though its phytotoxicity is low, solvents in some formulations may damage certain crops. cf. the related Dieldrin, Aldrin, Isodrin G–L ...
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Arculus (bivalve)
Arculus may refer to: * The Roman tutelary god of chests and strongboxes (''arcae''); see '' Indigitamenta'' * A crossvein near the base of the wing in certain insects; see Glossary of entomology terms * ''Arculus'' (bivalve), a genus of the Neoleptonidae family of marine bivalve clams People with the surname * Sir David Arculus (born 1946), British media figure, businessman and advisor to Government * Richard Arculus, Australian petrologist and volcanologist * Sir Ronald Arculus (1923–2016), British ambassador See also * '' Aculus'', a genus of mites * ''Argulus ''Argulus'' is a genus of fish lice in the family Argulidae The family Argulidae, whose members are commonly known as carp lice or fish lice, are parasitic crustaceans in the class Ichthyostraca. It is the only family in the monotypic subclas ...

Neoleptonidae
Neoleptonidae is a family of marine bivalve clams of the order Venerida. Genera in the family Neoleptonidae * '' Arculus'' Monterosato, 1909 * ''Bernardina'' Dall, 1910 * '' Epilepton'' Dall, 1899 * '' Halodakra'' Olsson, 1961 * '' Neolepton'' Finley, 1926 * '' Pachykellya'' Bernard, 1897 * '' Puyseguria'' Powell Powell may refer to: People * Powell (surname) * Powell (given name) * Powell baronets, several baronetcies *Colonel Powell (other), several military officers *General Powell (other), several military leaders *Governor Powell (di ..., 1927 References * * Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{Taxonbar, from=Q3017423 Bivalve families ...
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David Arculus
Sir David Arculus (born 2 June 1946), is a British media figure, businessman and advisor to Government who has appeared several times in ''The Sunday Times'' Power 100, ranked at number 39 in 2005. Education Educated at Bromsgrove School (Wendron House) and Oriel College, University of Oxford and the London Business School, he started his career as a writer and was a producer for the BBC from 1968 to 1974. He joined EMAP in 1972, and took it from being a small regional newspaper publisher to a large media group. He was involved in launching many new magazines – for instance, '' Smash Hits'', a journal that printed words to pop songs, which went from an initial circulation of 10,000 to one million within a year, which provided the cash which helped Emap to subsequently become a leader in the world of business communications encompassing magazines, events, exhibitions and data products. Career As a result of these successes Arculus worked his way up to group managing directo ...
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Richard Arculus
Richard John Arculus is an Australian petrology, petrologist and volcanologist, formerly a professor of the School of Earth Sciences at the Australian National University. His research interests and areas of expertise include inorganic geochemistry, igneous petrology, metamorphic petrology, volcanology, and chemical oceanography. Arculus graduated with a British undergraduate degree classification#First-class honours, first-class degree in Geology from Durham University in 1970. He then earned a PhD from the same institution in 1973. Following his time at Durham he was a post-doctoral fellow of the Carnegie Institution for Science. Career Through the 70s, 80s, and early 90s he held academic positions in the United States at Rice University and the University of Michigan, before moving to Australia to work at the University of New England (Australia), University of New England. Arculus joined ANU as a full professor in 1994. He successfully campaigned for Australia to join the Inte ...
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Ronald Arculus
Sir Ronald Arculus (11 February 1923 – 28 August 2016) was a British ambassador and businessman. Career Ronald Arculus was educated at Solihull School and Exeter College, Oxford. He served in the 4th Queen's Own Hussars 1942–45, then joined the Diplomatic Service in 1947. Besides postings at the Foreign Office (later the Foreign and Commonwealth Office) he served in British missions at San Francisco, La Paz, Ankara and Washington, D.C., as deputy Consul-General at New York, and as Minister (Economic) at the embassy in Paris. He led the UK delegation to the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III), with the rank of ambassador, at New York 1977–79. He was ambassador to Italy 1979–83, his last diplomatic post before retirement. After leaving the Diplomatic Service, Arculus was a non-executive director of Glaxo 1983–91 and continued as a consultant 1992–95. During the preparation for the Channel Tunnel project Arculus was appointed by the Sec ...
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Aculus
''Aculus'' is a genus of mite Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods). Mites span two large orders of arachnids, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari, but genetic analysis does not show clear evid ...s, including the following species: Species *'' Aculus ablopurpurascus'' Huang, 2001 *'' Aculus acanthae'' (Mohanasundaram, 1982) *'' Aculus acraspis'' (Nalepa, 1892) *'' Aculus acutangulae'' Mohanasundaram, 1985 *'' Aculus advens'' (Keifer, 1938) *'' Aculus aegerinus'' (Nalepa, 1892) *'' Aculus aesculi'' Domes, 2003 *'' Aculus aflatunivagrans'' (Ponomareva, 1978) *'' Aculus africanae'' (Meyer & Ueckermann, 1990) *'' Aculus albopurpurascus'' Huang, 2001 *'' Aculus alfalfae'' (Roivainen, 1950) *'' Aculus altus'' (Nalepa, 1909) *'' Aculus amandae'' (Keifer, 1969) *'' Aculus ambrosiae'' (Keifer, 1943) *'' Aculus amygdalina'' (Banks, 1912) *'' Aculus anthobius'' (Nalepa, 1892) *'' Aculus aphanotrichus'' (L ...
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