An illustrated catalogue of Rudolf Sturany’s type specimens in the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Austria (NHMW): Red Sea bivalves
- Author(s)
- Paolo G. Albano, Sara-Maria Schnedl, Ronald Janssen, Anita Eschner
- Abstract
Rudolf Sturany, the curator of molluscs of the Natural History Museum of Vienna between the late 19th and early 20th century described 21 species of bivalves from the Red Sea collected by the pioneering expeditions of the vessel “Pola” which took place between 1895 and 1898. We here list and illustrate the type material of these species, provide the original descriptions, a translation into English, and curatorial and taxonomic comments. All species are illustrated in colour and with SEM imaging. To stabilize the nomenclature, we designate lectotypes for Gastrochaena weinkauffi, Cuspidaria brachyrhynchus, and C. dissociata, whose type series contained specimens belonging to other species. This paper concludes the series on the type specimens of marine molluscs described by Sturany from the “Pola” expeditions.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Palaeontology
- External organisation(s)
- Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (NHM), Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
- Journal
- Zoosystematics and Evolution
- Volume
- 95
- Pages
- 557-598
- ISSN
- 1435-1935
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.95.38229
- Publication date
- 12-2019
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 106003 Biodiversity research, 106054 Zoology, 106021 Marine biology, 106043 Systematic zoology
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Sustainable Development Goals
- SDG 14 - Life Below Water
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/ef0dd9d7-3c82-4f7f-ab74-ccde35bf984d