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Pleurotomella Marshalli
''Pleurotomella marshalli'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Raphitomidae. Description The length of the shell attains 4.5 mm, its diameter 1.8 mm (Original description) The elongate-fusiform shell is fairly solid. The Spire (mollusc), spire is well drawn out. The colour (dead specimen ) is whitish-brown. The shell contains 7½ convex, regularly increasing Whorl (mollusc), whorls. The protoconch is pointed, well exserted, of about 3½ whorls, worn and polished but bearing traces of the regular "''Clathurella''-sculpture". The consequent whorls bear rounded longitudinal riblets of fair size, crossed by a number of spiral threads (about 6 on the penultimate whorl), and showing traces of a smoother area below the suture. The Aperture (mollusc), aperture is of fair size, with a short, slightly recurved, siphonal canal. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Ruthven Sykes
Ernest Ruthven Sykes (1867-1954) was a malacologist from Great Britain.Coan E. V., Kabat A. R. & Petit R. E. (15 February 2009)''2,400 years of malacology, 6th ed.'' 830 pp. & 32 pp. nnex of Collations American Malacological Society He married Gladys, who was a daughter of his malacological colleague James Cosmo Melvill. He published 99 malacological articles.Rees W. J. (1962). "ERNEST RUTHVEN SYKES (1867-1954)". ''Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History The ''Archives of Natural History'' (formerly the ''Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History'') is a peer-reviewed academic journal and the official journal of the Society for the History of Natural History. It publishes p ...''. 4(1): 20-27. . References External links * 1867 births 1954 deaths British malacologists {{UK-zoologist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |