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Mucrosquama Verconis
''Mucrosquama'' is a genus of chitons, a polyplacophoran mollusc in the family Chitonidae, first described in 1926 by 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 Arthur Francis Basset Hull. The type species is ''Mucrosquama carnosus'' first described as ''Chiton carnosus'' by Angas in 1867. There are two species in this genus: * '' Mucrosquama carnosa'' (Angas, 1867) * '' Mucrosquama verconis'' (Torr & Ashby, 1898) Two further species have been named but are synonymised with those above. * ''Mucrosquama nielseni'' Cotton & Weeding, 1939 accepted as ''Mucrosquama carnosa'' (Angas, 1867) * ''Mucrosquama sheardi'' Cotton & Weeding, 1939 accepted as ''Mucrosquama verconis'' (Torr & Ashby, 1898) References {{Taxonbar, from=Q111774672 Chitonidae Taxa des ... [...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] |
Arthur Francis Basset Hull
Arthur Francis Basset Hull (1862–1945) was an Australian public servant, naturalist and philatelist. He signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1921. Tasmania Hull was born on 10 October 1862 in Hobart. In 1883–1889 Hull worked as clerk in the Supreme court, Supreme Court. In 1880s, Hull worked as secretary and treasurer for the Orpheus Club. In 1888 he published a series of short stories called ''A Strange Experience''. Sydney On 12 October 1892 Hull moved to Sydney to work as clerk for the General Post Office, Sydney, General Post Officer. On 1 July 1900, Hull received a transfer to the Department of Public Works as a secretary to labour commissioners. In January 1903 Hull worked in Department of Mines until his retirement in 1921. Hull worked as secretary and president to Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales from 1917–1919, 1928–1929 and 1938–1939. Hull was a member of Taronga Zoological Park Trust from 1926. Hull served as president Royal Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genera
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. '' Panthera leo'' (lion) and '' Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus '' Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants of an ancestral taxon are grouped together (i.e. phylogenetic analysis should clearly demonstrate both monophyly and validity as a separate lineag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiton
Chitons () are marine molluscs of varying size in the class Polyplacophora ( ), formerly known as Amphineura. About 940 extant and 430 fossil species are recognized. They are also sometimes known as sea cradles or coat-of-mail shells or suck-rocks, or more formally as loricates, polyplacophorans, and occasionally as polyplacophores. Chitons have a shell composed of eight separate shell plates or valves. These plates overlap slightly at the front and back edges, and yet articulate well with one another. Because of this, the shell provides protection at the same time as permitting the chiton to flex upward when needed for locomotion over uneven surfaces, and even allows the animal to curl up into a ball when dislodged from rocks. The shell plates are encircled by a skirt known as a girdle. Habitat Chitons live worldwide, from cold waters through to the tropics. They live on hard surfaces, such as on or under rocks, or in rock crevices. Some species live quite high in the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The number of additional fossil species is estimated between 60,000 and 100,000, and the proportion of undescribed species is very high. Many taxa remain poorly studied. Molluscs are the largest marine biology, marine phylum, comprising about 23% of all the named marine organisms. They are highly diverse, not just in size and anatomical structure, but also in behaviour and habitat, as numerous groups are freshwater mollusc, freshwater and even terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial species. The phylum is typically divided into 7 or 8 taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class (biology), classes, of which two are entirely extinct. Cephalopod molluscs, such as squid, cuttlefish, and octopuses, are among the most neurobiology, neurologi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family (biology)
Family (, : ) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as the "walnut family". The delineation of what constitutes a family—or whether a described family should be acknowledged—is established and decided upon by active taxonomists. There are not strict regulations for outlining or acknowledging a family, yet in the realm of plants, these classifications often rely on both the vegetative and reproductive characteristics of plant species. Taxonomists frequently hold varying perspectives on these descriptions, leading to a lack of widespread consensus within the scientific community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chitonidae
Chitonidae is a family of chitons or polyplacophorans, marine mollusks whose shell is composed of eight articulating plates or valves. There are fifteen extant genera in three subfamilies. Subfamilies and genera Subfamilies and genera within the family Chitonidae include: ** Subfamily Chitoninae Rafinesque Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (; 22 October 178318 September 1840) was a French early 19th-century polymath born near Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire and self-educated in France. He traveled as a young man in the United States, ult ..., 1815 *** ''Chiton (genus), Chiton'' Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus, 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 1758 – the type genus of the family *** ''Amaurochiton'' Thiele, 1893 *** ''Radsia'' John Edward Gray, Gray, 1847 *** ''Sypharochiton'' Thiele, 1893 *** ''Nodiplax'' Beu, 1967 *** ''Rhyssoplax'' Thiele, 1893 *** ''Teguloaplax'' Tom Iredale, Iredale & Hull, 1926 *** ''Mucrosquama'' Tom Iredale, Iredale, 1893 ** Subfamily Toniciinae H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mucrosquama Carnosa
''Mucrosquama'' is a genus of chitons, a polyplacophoran mollusc in the family Chitonidae, first described in 1926 by Tom Iredale and Arthur Francis Basset Hull. The type species is ''Mucrosquama carnosus'' first described as ''Chiton carnosus'' by Angas in 1867. There are two species in this genus: * '' Mucrosquama carnosa'' (Angas, 1867) * ''Mucrosquama verconis ''Mucrosquama'' is a genus of chitons, a polyplacophoran mollusc in the family Chitonidae, first described in 1926 by Tom Iredale Tom Iredale (24 March 1880 – 12 April 1972) was an English-born ornithologist and malacologist who had a lon ...'' (Torr & Ashby, 1898) Two further species have been named but are synonymised with those above. * ''Mucrosquama nielseni'' Cotton & Weeding, 1939 accepted as ''Mucrosquama carnosa'' (Angas, 1867) * ''Mucrosquama sheardi'' Cotton & Weeding, 1939 accepted as ''Mucrosquama verconis'' (Torr & Ashby, 1898) References {{Taxonbar, from=Q111774672 Chitonidae Taxa descr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mucrosquama Verconis
''Mucrosquama'' is a genus of chitons, a polyplacophoran mollusc in the family Chitonidae, first described in 1926 by 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 Arthur Francis Basset Hull. The type species is ''Mucrosquama carnosus'' first described as ''Chiton carnosus'' by Angas in 1867. There are two species in this genus: * '' Mucrosquama carnosa'' (Angas, 1867) * '' Mucrosquama verconis'' (Torr & Ashby, 1898) Two further species have been named but are synonymised with those above. * ''Mucrosquama nielseni'' Cotton & Weeding, 1939 accepted as ''Mucrosquama carnosa'' (Angas, 1867) * ''Mucrosquama sheardi'' Cotton & Weeding, 1939 accepted as ''Mucrosquama verconis'' (Torr & Ashby, 1898) References {{Taxonbar, from=Q111774672 Chitonidae Taxa des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taxa Described In 1926
In biology, a taxon (back-formation from ''taxonomy''; : taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular name and given a particular ranking, especially if and when it is accepted or becomes established. It is very common, however, for taxonomists to remain at odds over what belongs to a taxon and the criteria used for inclusion, especially in the context of rank-based (" Linnaean") nomenclature (much less so under phylogenetic nomenclature). If a taxon is given a formal scientific name, its use is then governed by one of the nomenclature codes specifying which scientific name is correct for a particular grouping. Initial attempts at classifying and ordering organisms (plants and animals) were presumably set forth in prehistoric times by hunter-gatherers, as suggested by the fairly sophisticated folk taxonomies. Much later, Aristotle, and later still ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
