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Punctum Ugandanum
''Punctum ugandanum'' is a species of terrestrial gastropod belonging to the family Punctidae. The species is found in Uganda and Kenya (Mount Kenya Mount Kenya (Kikuyu: ''Kĩrĩnyaga'', Kamba, ''Ki Nyaa'') is the highest mountain in Kenya and the second-highest in Africa, after Kilimanjaro. The highest peaks of the mountain are Batian (), Nelion () and Point Lenana (). Mount Kenya is locat ...). References Punctidae Gastropods of Africa Molluscs described in 1903 Taxa named by Edgar Albert Smith {{Punctidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Albert Smith
Edgar Albert Smith (29 November 1847 – 22 July 1916) was a British zoologist, a malacologist. His father was Frederick Smith, a well-known entomologist, and assistant keeper of zoology in the British Museum, Bloomsbury. Edgar Albert Smith was educated both at the North London Collegiate School and private education, privately, being well grounded in Latin amongst other subjects, as his excellent diagnoses bear witness. Smith married in July 1876. Subsequently, his wife and he had four sons and two daughters. He gave more prominent attention to the fauna of the African Great Lakes and the List of marine molluscs of South Africa, marine molluscs of South Africa, and also the non-marine mollusc fauna of Borneo and New Guinea. In the British Museum Smith was employed at the British Museum (Natural History), British Museum (now Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum) as an assistant keeper of the zoological department for more than 40 years, from 1867 to 1913 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
