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C.H. Cooke {=Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

American malacologist from Hawaii · 1874–1948

32,222 specimens, collected between 1875 and 1980 on 915 collecting days, now held in 6 departments. Identified 48 specimens for others.

On the labels as Cooke, C.M. Cooke, C.M. Cooke Jr., Cooke, C.M., Cooke, C.M. Jr., Cooke, C.M. Jr, Cooke Jr., C.M., Cooke, Charles Montague Jr. and 32 more.

Specimens
32,222
Type specimens
810
Years in the field
106
Islands
72
Species
2,638
Identifications
48
In the Library
0
Named after
28

Where Cooke collected

Specimens by decade

1870s1980s

Earliest: Frullania apiculata, 1875 (Maui). Latest: Bifidaria pediculus nucca, 1980.

Named for Cooke

Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Cooke. 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

TornatellariaPupoidopsisAchatinella decoraPhilonesiaAchatinella viridansAchatinella bellulaLyropupaMolluscaGeorissaSuccinea canella mamillarisTornatellinaLeptachatina

As a determiner

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