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Vetulonia (gastropod)
''Vetulonia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks, unassigned in the Taxonomic rank, superfamily Seguenzioidea.WoRMS (2009). ''Vetulonia'' Dall, 1913. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137864 on 27 March 2013 Description (Original description) The small shell is turbiniform, thin and umbilicated. It shows radiating ribs crossing spiral threads . The peristome is interrupted by the body whorl . The outer Lip (gastropod), lip in the completely adult is reflected and somewhat thickened. The Aperture (mollusc), aperture is unarmed.William Healey Dall, Dall W. H. (1913). "A new genus of Trochidae". ''The Nautilus (journal), The Nautilus'' 2786 Species Species within the genus ''Vetulonia'' include: * ''Vetulonia densilirata'' Dall, 1927 * ''Vetulonia galapagana'' Dall, 1913 * ''Vetulonia giacobbei'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Healey Dall
William Healey Dall (August 21, 1845 – March 27, 1927) was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska. He described many mollusks of the Pacific Northwest of America, and was for many years America's preeminent authority on living and fossil mollusks. Dall also made substantial contributions to ornithology, zoology, physical and cultural anthropology, oceanography and paleontology. In addition he carried out meteorological observations in Alaska for the Smithsonian Institution. Biography Early life Dall was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His father Charles Henry Appleton Dall, (1816–86), a Unitarian minister, moved in 1855 to India as a missionary. His family however stayed in Massachusetts, where Dall's mother Caroline Wells Healey was a teacher, transcendentalist, reformer, and pioneer feminist. In 1862, Dall's father, on one of his few brief visits home, brought his son in contact with some natu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
