VS
V.D.P.S. {=Varnum Dennis Phillip Spicer
collected 1926–1954
406 specimens, collected between 1926 and 1954 on 19 collecting days, now held in 3 departments.
On the labels as Varnum Dennis Phillip Spicer, V.D.P.S. {=Varnum Dennis Phillip Spicer}, V.D.P. Spicer, Spicer, Phil Spicer, Spicer, V.D.P., V. D. P. Spicer, V.D. P. Spicer and 2 more.
- Specimens
- 406
- Type specimens
- 2
- Years in the field
- 29
- Islands
- 6
- Species
- 205
- Identifications
- 0
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 4
Where Spicer collected
Specimens by decade
1920s1950s
Earliest: Conus vermiculatus, 1926 (Oʻahu). Latest: Cypraea sulcidentata, 1954.
Named for Spicer
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Spicer. 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
