Molluscan Names And Malacological Contributions Of Wolfgang Karl Weyrauch (1907–1970) With A Brief Biography

2008/01/01 by André F. Barbosa, Valdemar Kilian Delhey, Eugene V. Coan · 3 citations
Environmental Science · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior #Mollusks and Parasites Studies

paper · doi:10.4002/0076-2997-50.1.265

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Abstract

Wolfgang Karl Weyrauch (1907–1970) studied land and freshwater gastropods of South America, mainly taxa belonging to the families Camaenidae, Charopidae, Clausiliidae, Endodontidae, Helicinidae, “Hydrobiidae”, Orthalicidae, Pupillidae, Scolodontidae, Subulinidae, and Urocoptidae. Here we list the 198 molluscan names introduced by Weyrauch and all of his publications of malacological interest. A brief biography of Weyrauch and a list of taxa named for him are also provided.

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