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Innesoconcha
''Innesoconcha'' is a genus of four species of tiny glass-snails that are endemism, endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. Species * ''Innesoconcha aberrans'' Iredale, 1944 – black face glass-snail * ''Innesoconcha catletti'' (Brazier, 1872) – Catlett's yellow glass-snail * ''Innesoconcha delecta'' (Iredale, 1944) * ''Innesoconcha doppelganger'' Hyman & Köhler, 2022 * ''Innesoconcha flavescens'' (Iredale, 1944) * ''Innesoconcha grata'' (Iredale, 1944) * ''Innesoconcha miranda'' (Iredale, 1944) * ''Innesoconcha prensa'' (Iredale, 1944) * ''Innesoconcha princeps'' Iredale, 1944 – banded golden glass-snail * ''Innesoconcha rosacea'' (Iredale, 1944) * ''Innesoconcha segna'' Iredale, 1944 – pale glass-snail References External links * Innesoconcha, Gastropod genera Taxa named by Tom Iredale Gastropods described in 1944 Gastropods of Lord Howe Island {{Stylommatophora-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Iredale
Tom Iredale (24 March 1880 – 12 April 1972) was an English-born ornithologist and malacologist who had a long association with Australia, where he lived for most of his life. He was an Autodidacticism, autodidact who never went to university and lacked formal training. This was reflected in his later work; he never revised his manuscripts and never used a typewriter. Early life Iredale was born at Stainburn, Workington in Cumberland, England. He was apprenticed to a pharmacist from 1899 to 1901, and used to go bird watching and egg collecting in the Lake District with fellow chemist William Carruthers Lawrie. New Zealand Iredale emigrated to New Zealand following medical advice, as he had health issues. He may possibly have had tuberculosis. According to a letter to Will Lawrie dated 25 January 1902, he arrived in Wellington, New Zealand in December 1901, and travelled at once on to Lyttelton, New Zealand, Lyttelton and Christchurch. On his second day in Christchurch, he dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
