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Ethminolia Stearnsii
''Ethminolia stearnsii'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Trochidae, the top snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ethminolia stearnsii (Pilsbry, 1895). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=298157 on 2020-11-07 Description The shell of an adult varies between 3.5 mm and 10 mm. The shell is more depressed than ''Ethminolia vitiliginea'' (Menke, 1843). It is thin, shining and widely umbilicate. Its color pattern is densely and finely radially vermiculate with olivaceous on a pale ground above, usually with few or many radial dark clouds below the Suture (anatomy), suture, and several narrow articulated, spaced spiral lines. The periphery is lighter, often spotted. The base of the shell shows a paler vermiculate and articulated pattern. The surface is closely and evenly sculptured with spiral striae throughout, with inconspicuous rather sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Augustus Pilsbry
Henry Augustus Pilsbry (7 December 1862 – 26 October 1957) was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a century. For much of his career, his authority with respect to the classification of certain substantial groups of organisms was unchallenged: barnacles, chitons, North American terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial mollusks, and others. Biography Pilsbry (frequently misspelled ''Pilsbury'') spent his childhood and youth in Iowa. He was called "Harry" Pilsbry then, and developed an early fascination with the limited variety of mollusks he was able to find. He attended the University of Iowa, and received the Bachelor of Science degree there in 1882, but did not immediately find employment in his field of interest. Instead, Henry Pilsbry worked for publishing firms and newspapers for the next several years, but devoted most of his spare time to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
