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Grace Burgess Grace Burgess

collected 1877–2009

6,417 specimens, collected between 1877 and 2009 on 626 collecting days.

On the labels as Grace Burgess, Burgess, Grace, Burgess, Grace Burgess Grace Burgess.

Specimens
6,417
Type specimens
3
Years in the field
133
Islands
69
Species
988
Identifications
0
In the Library
0
Named after
5

Where Burgess collected

Specimens by decade

1870s2000s

Earliest: Cypraea isabella mexicana, 1877 (Mexico; Gulf of California; Tres Morias). Latest: Crucibulum spinosum, 2009.

Named for Burgess

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

Vexillum cumingiiConus pennaceusMitra ticaonicaCypraea coxeniCymatium gemmatumConus pennaceusCypraea carneolaCypraea histrioCypraea chinensisConus rattusBulla vernicosaCypraea scurra