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Gary Gordon

collected 1928–1974

126 specimens, collected between 1928 and 1974 on 39 collecting days, now held in 2 departments. Identified 23 specimens for others.

On the labels as Gordon, G., Gary Gordon.

Specimens
126
Type specimens
0
Years in the field
47
Islands
1
Species
22
Identifications
23
In the Library
0
Named after
4

Specimens by decade

1920s1970s

Earliest: Cypraea kieneri, 1928 (Africa; Kenya; Mombasa; Tiwi Beach). Latest: Porolithon onkodes, 1974.

Named for Gordon

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

Cypraea scurraCypraea vitellusCypraea kieneriCypraea carneola

As a determiner

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