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Clavus Formosus
''Clavus formosus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. Description Its description is almost identical to '' Clavus laeta'' (Hinds, 1843) Distribution This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Red Sea and the tropical Pacific Ocean off the Philippines. and off Papua New Guinea . References * Reeve, L.A. (1843–46) ''Monograph of the Genus Pleurotoma. Conchologia Iconica, or Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals. Vol. 1.'' Reeve, London. pls 1–18 (1843); pl 19 (1844); pls 20–33 (1845); pls 34–40 + index and errata (1846) * Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda).'' Zootaxa 682:1-1295. Kilburn R.N., Fedosov A. & Kantor Yu.I. (2014) ''The shallow-water New Caledonia Drilliidae of genus Clavus Montfort, 1810 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea).'' Zootaxa 3818(1): 1–69. External links * formosus Pope Formosus (896) was the pope and ruler of the Papal States from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lovell Augustus Reeve
Lovell Augustus Reeve (19 April 1814 – 18 November 1865) was an English conchologist and publisher. Life Born at Ludgate Hill, London, on 19 April 1814, he was the son of Thomas Reeve, draper and mercer, and Fanny Reeve, née Lovell. After attending school at Stockwell, he was apprenticed at the age of 13 to Mr. Graham, a local grocer. The chance purchase of shells led to a lifelong interest in conchology. In 1833 he attended the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at Cambridge. At the end of his apprenticeship Reeve visited Paris, where he read a paper on the classification of Mollusca before the Academy of Sciences. On his return to London, he wrote his first book, ''Conchologia Systematica'' (2 vols. London, 1841–2). From 1842, he traded as a natural history dealer. Using profits made by the sale of Dutch Governor-General of the Moluccas Van Ryder's collection from the Moluccas, which he purchased at Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
