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Liotella Elegans Darwinensis
''Liotella'' is a genus of minute sea snails or micromolluscs, Marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the family (biology), family Skeneidae.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2012). Liotella Iredale, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196947 on 2012-09-11 Description The shells lack a thickened Peristome (gastropod), peristome. The shell is depressed. In some species the shell is coiled nearly into one plane, in others it is somewhat more elevated. The Whorl (mollusc), whorls are loosely coiled. The Operculum (gastropod), operculum is multispiral with a central nucleus. The Sculpture (mollusc), sculpture shows strong transverse ribs. The spiral sculpture consists of fine lirae between the ribs or is sometimes almost or entirely obsolete. Species Species within the genus ''Liotella'' include: * ''Liotella annulata'' (Tenison Woods, 1874) * ''Liotella anxia'' (Hedley, 1909) * ''Liotella aupouria'' Arthu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Iredale
Tom Iredale (24 March 1880 – 12 April 1972) was an English-born ornithologist and malacologist who had a long association with Australia, where he lived for most of his life. He was an Autodidacticism, autodidact who never went to university and lacked formal training. This was reflected in his later work; he never revised his manuscripts and never used a typewriter. Early life Iredale was born at Stainburn, Cumbria, Stainburn, Workington in Cumberland, England. He was apprenticed to a pharmacist from 1899 to 1901, and used to go bird watching and egg collecting in the Lake District with fellow chemist William Carruthers Lawrie. New Zealand Iredale emigrated to New Zealand following medical advice, as he had health issues. He may possibly have had tuberculosis. According to a letter to Will Lawrie dated 25 January 1902, he arrived in Wellington, New Zealand in December 1901, and travelled at once on to Lyttelton, New Zealand, Lyttelton and Christchurch. On his second day in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liotella Cancellata
''Liotella cancellata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.WoRMS (2012). ''Liotella cancellata'' (Krauss, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=572136 on 2012-09-01 Description (Original description by Ferdinand Krauss) The umbilicate shell has an orbicular shape. It is convex, solid, gray-whitish with dirty red stripes. The transverse ribs are blunt. The irregular, longitudinal striae are slender. The curve of the penultimate whorl is canceled. The shell has a prominent spire, acute at the apex;. The four whorls increase in size The body whorl has 26-28 ribs, of which 8-10 are larger, the penultimate whorl only 8, including 3 - 4 larger. These form a lattice with numerous, oblique, longitudinal threads. These are more prominent above but closer to the aperture they become weaker. The oblique aperture is small and almost rounded. The margin of the columell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Dell
Richard Kenneth Dell (11 July 1920 – 6 March 2002) was a New Zealand malacologist. Biography Dell was born in Auckland in 1920. As a young boy, he took an interest in shells, collecting them from the shores of Waitematā Harbour. He even managed to start a "museum" in his backyard. He also helped curate the Auckland War Memorial Museum shell collection. Dell studied at Mount Albert Grammar School and later at the Auckland University College. He took a teacher’s course at Auckland Teachers' College, but World War II delayed his plans to become a teacher. He joined the New Zealand Artillery, serving on Nissan Island, the Solomon Islands, Southwest Asia, Egypt, and Italy. He later published several papers on the land snails he had collected in the Solomon Islands. In 1946, he married botanist and schoolteacher Miriam Matthews, and they had four daughters together. His wife continued working after their marriage and became a well-known women's advocate. After the war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liotella Mackenae
''Liotella mackenae'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). Liotella mackenae Dell, 1956. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598364 on 2012-09-11 Description The height of the shell attains 1.3 mm, its diameter 1.6 mm. Distribution This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off the Chatham Islands The Chatham Islands ( ; Moriori language, Moriori: , 'Misty Sun'; ) are an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about east of New Zealand's South Island, administered as part of New Zealand, and consisting of about 10 islands within an approxima .... References * Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 mackenae Gastropods of New Zealand Gastropods described in 1956 {{Trochoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liotella Kilcundae
''Liotella kilcundae'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.Marshall, B. (2013). Liotella kilcundae (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1914). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720333 on 2013-10-28 Description The height of the shell attains 0.25mm, its diameter 1.25 mm. The very minute, white, hyaline shell consists of four whorls, including the smooth, globular protoconch. It has a discoidal shape with a sunken spire and is widely umbilicated. It is ornamented with transverse riblets. On the body whorl they number about 27. They are irregularly spaced, becoming more crowded towards the aperture. The intervening spaces are traversed by very fine, encircling incised lines. The aperture is circular. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liotella Johnstoni
''Liotella johnstoni'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.Marshall, B. (2013). Liotella johnstoni (Beddome, 1883). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720332 on 2013-10-27 Description The diameter of the shell attains 1.3 mm. The height to width ratio is 0.54 - 0.68. Protoconch is smooth and elevated. Teleoconch up to 2¼ rounded whorls with suture deep. The axial sculpture has low, moderately thick ribs, extending from suture into umbilicus, 20-30 on last whorl. Umbilicus is open and wide. Aperture is circular. Shell is colourless and transparent when fresh, becoming opaque overtime with age. Distribution This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold John Finlay
Harold John Finlay (22 March 1901 – 7 April 1951) was a New Zealand palaeontologist and conchologist. Biography Finlay was born in Comilla, India (now Bangladesh), on 22 March 1901, to a family of Baptist missionaries. He was left a paraplegic after contracting poliomyelitis at the age of four, but was able to participate in field excursions. The family moved to Dunedin in 1906. He graduated from the University of Otago with B.Sc. and M.Sc. He received the Hamilton Memorial Prize of the New Zealand Institute in 1926 and a D.Sc. in 1927. His main research interest was marine and non-marine malacofauna of New Zealand, both recent and fossil. Much of his work focused on mollusc taxonomy and biostratigraphy. After graduation, Finlay ran into financial hardship, living off of research grants, and occasional work as a contract consultant for oil exploration companies. Finlay was appointed to the Geological Survey of New Zealand in 1937, where he worked a micropaleontologist st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liotella Indigens
''Liotella indigens'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). Liotella indigens Finlay, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598363 on 2012-09-11 Description The height of the shell attains 0.55 mm, its diameter 0.95 mm. Distribution This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Three Kings Islands 3 (three) is a number, numeral (linguistics), numeral and numerical digit, digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious and cul .... References * Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 indigens Gastropods of New Zealand Gastropods described in 1927 Taxa named by Harold John Finlay {{Trochoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liotella Endeavourensis
''Liotella endeavourensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae. Description Distribution This species occurs in Antarctic Ocean The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the world ocean, generally taken to be south of 60th parallel south, 60° S latitude and encircling Antarctica. With a size of , it is the seco .... References * Engl W. (2012) ''Shells of Antarctica''. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp. External links Southern Ocean Mollusc Database (SOMBASE) endeavourensis Gastropods described in 1990 {{Trochoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liotella Elegans Darwinensis
''Liotella'' is a genus of minute sea snails or micromolluscs, Marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the family (biology), family Skeneidae.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2012). Liotella Iredale, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196947 on 2012-09-11 Description The shells lack a thickened Peristome (gastropod), peristome. The shell is depressed. In some species the shell is coiled nearly into one plane, in others it is somewhat more elevated. The Whorl (mollusc), whorls are loosely coiled. The Operculum (gastropod), operculum is multispiral with a central nucleus. The Sculpture (mollusc), sculpture shows strong transverse ribs. The spiral sculpture consists of fine lirae between the ribs or is sometimes almost or entirely obsolete. Species Species within the genus ''Liotella'' include: * ''Liotella annulata'' (Tenison Woods, 1874) * ''Liotella anxia'' (Hedley, 1909) * ''Liotella aupouria'' Arthu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liotella Elegans
''Liotella elegans'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae,.Marshall, B. (2013). Liotella elegans Laseron, 1958. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719443 on 2013-10-26 Distribution This marine species occurs off the Northern Territory, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl .... References * Laseron, C. 1958. ''Liotiidae and allied molluscs from the Dampierian Zoogeographical Province''. Rec. Aust. Mus. Vol. 24 (11) pp. 165–182, figs 1-87 External links World Register of Marine Species elegans Gastropods described in 1958 {{Trochoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liotella Crassicostata
''Liotella crassicostata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae,.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Liotella crassicostata'' (Strebel, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532971 on 2012-09-01 Description The height of the shell attains 0.8 mm, its diameter 0.8 mm. The yellowish white shell has a helicoidal shape. Its umbilicus is narrow. The shell contains 2½ whorls, slightly flattened at the periphery and then rounded. The sculpture consists, besides the lines of growth, of strong ribs (their number is shown about correctly in the image). The aperture is almost round. The columella Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella (, Arabic: ) was a prominent Roman writer on agriculture in the Roman Empire. His in twelve volumes has been completely preserved and forms an important source on Roman agriculture and ancient Roman cuisin ... is thickened. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |