An illustrated catalogue of Rudolf Sturany’s type specimens in the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Austria (NHMW): Red Sea bivalves

Autor(en)
Paolo G. Albano, Sara-Maria Schnedl, Ronald Janssen, Anita Eschner
Abstrakt

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(en)
Institut für Paläontologie
Externe Organisation(en)
Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (NHM), Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum
Journal
Zoosystematics and Evolution
Band
95
Seiten
557-598
ISSN
1435-1935
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.95.38229
Publikationsdatum
12-2019
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
106003 Biodiversitätsforschung, 106054 Zoologie, 106021 Meeresbiologie, 106043 Systematische Zoologie
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 14 – Leben unter Wasser
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/ef0dd9d7-3c82-4f7f-ab74-ccde35bf984d