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Portrait of W.R. Castle Jr.

Collectors

W.R. Castle Jr.

American geneticist · 1867–1962

167 specimens, collected between 1914 and 1940 on 2 collecting days.

On the labels as W.R. Castle Jr., Castle.

Specimens
167
Type specimens
0
Years in the field
27
Islands
6
Species
65
Identifications
0
In the Library
0
Named after
2

Where Castle collected

Specimens by decade

1910s1940s

Earliest: Perdicella helena, 1914 (Molokaʻi). Latest: Conus anemone, 1940.

Named for Castle

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

AmastraPartulina tappanianaPartulina mighelsianaPartulina virgulataPartulina virgulataAmastra umbrosaPerdicella fulguransPartulina mighelsianaLaminella venustaPartulina mighelsianaPartulina virgulataAmastra