B.L. Burch {=Beatrice Burch
American zoologist and conchologist · 1917–2013
2,200 specimens, collected between 1893 and 1996 on 379 collecting days, now held in 4 departments. Identified 78 specimens for others.
On the labels as Beatrice Burch, Burch, B., B.L. Burch, B. Burch, B.L. Burch {=Beatrice Burch}, B Burch, B L Burch, Beatrice L. Burch and 1 more.
- Specimens
- 2,200
- Type specimens
- 13
- Years in the field
- 104
- Islands
- 57
- Species
- 511
- Identifications
- 78
- In the Library
- 1
- Named after
- 3
Where Burch collected
Specimens by decade
Earliest: Cypraea annulus, 1893 (Hong Kong; Unde speld Bank). Latest: Neomeris annulata, 1996.
In the Library
Publications in the Library whose author line carries this name.
1995
Sessile Foraminifera of the Hawaiian Archipelago: a preliminary surveyBurch, B.L. & Burch, T.A. · Marine Micropaleontology 26: 161-70.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
Named for Burch
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Burch. 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
As a determiner
78 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: