Rudolf Sturany (13 April 1867,

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– 28 February 1935, Vienna) was an

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zoologist Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the Animal, animal kingdom, including the anatomy, structure, embryology, evolution, Biological clas ...

who specialized in the field of

malacology Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (mollusks or molluscs), the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods. Mollusks include snails and slugs, clams, ...

, the study of

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s. He studied zoology at the

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under

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and at the

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, where his instructors included Carl Claus,

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and

Karl Grobben Karl Grobben (27 August 1854, in Brno – 13 April 1945, in Salzburg) was an Austrian biologist. He graduated from, and later worked at, the University of Vienna, chiefly on molluscs and crustaceans. He was also the editor of a new edition of Car ...

. In 1891 he obtained his PhD at Vienna.Hofrat Dr. Rudolf Sturany, obituary
Landesmuseum In September 1889 he began work as a volunteer at the

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, later serving as a

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, being entrusted with the collections of mollusks, bryozoans, brachiopods and tunicates. During his career, he took frequent trips for scientific research in

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and

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. In 1924 he retired from museum work due to a deteriorating eye condition. Sturany was the taxonomic authority for numerous mollusk species, a few examples being: '' Spelaeoconcha paganettii'', '' Pseudobithynia pentheri'' and '' Mitra gonatophora''. The

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genus '' Sturanyella'', in all likelihood, is named after him.

Selected writings

* ''Lamellibranchiaten des Rothen Meeres'', 1899 – Lamellibranches of the

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. * ''W.A. Obrutschew's Mollusken-Ausbiete aus Hochasien'', 1900 – Wladimir Afanasjewitsch Obrutschew's collection from Central Asia. * ''Gastropoden des Rothen Meeres'', 1904 –

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s of the Red Sea. * ''Über schalentragende Landmolusken aus Albanien und Nachbargebieten'', 1915 – On shell-bearing land mollusks of Albania and neighboring areas.WorldCat Search
publications

References

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