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Portrait of C.H. {C. Hoyt

Collectors

C.H. {C. Hoyt

American zoologist · 1880–1954

469 specimens, collected between 1936 and 1963 on 44 collecting days, now held in 3 departments. Identified 7 specimens for others.

On the labels as C. Hoyt, C. P. Hoyt, C P Hoyt, Hoyt, C.P., CP Hoyt, Hoyt, C., Hoyt, C. P., C.H. {C. Hoyt} and 3 more.

Specimens
469
Type specimens
32
Years in the field
28
Islands
2
Species
105
Identifications
7
In the Library
0
Named after
5

Where Hoyt collected

Specimens by decade

1930s1960s

Earliest: Oodemas, 1936 (Koolau Mts.; Punaluu). Latest: Auriculella, 1963.

Named for Hoyt

Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Hoyt. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.

From the field

AuriculellaAchatinella sowerbyanaTornatellidesAchatinella abbreviataAuriculellaTornatellidesAchatinella sowerbyanaElasmiasOpeasAchatinella fulgens versipilisAchatinella abbreviataAchatinella mustelina

As a determiner

7 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: