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Portrait of Henry E. Crampton

Collectors

Henry E. Crampton

U.S. evolutionary biologist and malacologist · 1875–1956

1,450 specimens, collected between 1808 and 1933 on 58 collecting days, now held in 2 departments.

On the labels as Henry E. Crampton, H.E. Crampton, Crampton, Henry E., Crampton, H.E., Crampton, H E Crampton.

Specimens
1,450
Type specimens
23
Years in the field
126
Islands
16
Species
124
Identifications
0
In the Library
0
Named after
2

Where Crampton collected

Specimens by decade

1800s1930s

Earliest: Partula dentifera, 1808 (Raiatea). Latest: Eua montana, 1933.

Named for Crampton

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

OmphalotropisPartula taeniata nucleolaPartula taeniata simulansPartula taeniata elongataPartula otaheitana rubescensPartula otaheitana rubescensPartulina hyalinaOmphalotropisPartula taeniata spadiceaPartula otaheitana lignariaLamprocystisPartula nodosa laeva