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

Rudolf Sturany published a series of papers describing multiple gastropods and bivalves from the Red Sea collected during the expeditions of the vessel “Pola” between 1895 and 1898. In a less known paper, he introduced the genus Levanderia (Galeommatidae) and described three more species from the Re...

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Published inZoosystematics and Evolution Vol. 96; no. 2; pp. 571 - 576
Main Authors Albano, Paolo G., Schnedl, Sara-Maria, Eschner, Anita
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Pensoft Publishers 01.09.2020
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Summary:Rudolf Sturany published a series of papers describing multiple gastropods and bivalves from the Red Sea collected during the expeditions of the vessel “Pola” between 1895 and 1898. In a less known paper, he introduced the genus Levanderia (Galeommatidae) and described three more species from the Red Sea: Drillia levanderi , Levanderia erythraeensis and Raeta jickelii . We here list and illustrate their type material, provide the original description, a translation into English and curatorial and taxonomic comments.
ISSN:1435-1935
1860-0743
DOI:10.3897/zse.96.54707