Ruth Dixon Turner

Ruth Dixon Turner (1914–2000), U.S. malacologist.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 3 taxon names authored by Ruth Dixon Turner

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1946

• Turner, R.D. & Clench, W.J. 1946. The genus Bankia in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 2(19): 1–28, 16 pls. BHL Reference page. 

1947

• Turner, R.D. 1947. Procedimientos para recolectar bromas y otros moluscos perforentes marinos. Revista de la Sociedad Malacólogica "Carlos de la Torre" 5(2): 43–44. Reference page. 

1953

• Turner, R.D. & Brown, D.J. 1953. [Supplement to] The Genus Bankia in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 2(34): 357–359. BHL Reference page. 
• Turner, R.D. 1953. The Genera Epitonium, Opalia and Cylindriscala in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 2: 361–363, pl. 180. BHL Reference page. 

1962

• Clench, W.J. & Turner, R.D. 1962. New names introduced by H. A. Pilsbry in the Mollusca and Crustacea. Special publication (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia) (4): 1–218. BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.6489 Reference page. 

1965

• Turner, R.D. 1965. Mussel. In: Encyclopedia Britannica, pp. 1096–1098, 2 figs.; 1964, ibid., Snail, pp. 848A–848H, 11 figs. Reference page. 

1966

• Turner, R.D. 1966. A survey and illustrated catalogue of Teredinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge (Massachusetts). ix + 265 pp. BHL Reference page. 

1974

• Turner, R.D. & Clench, W.J. 1974. A new blind Physa from Wyoming with notes on its adaptation to the cave environment. Nautilus 88(3): 80–85, 19 figs. BHL Reference page. 

1979

• Turner, R.D. & McKoy, J.L. 1979. Bankia neztalia n. sp. (Bivalvia: Teredinidae) from Australia-New Zealand, and its relationships. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 9(4): 465–473. DOI: 10.1080/03036758.1979.10421832 Reference page. 

1989

• Turner, R.D. 1989. The Genera Martesia and Lignopholas in the Indo-Pacific. (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pholadidae) Ophelia 30(3): 155–186. DOI: 10.1080/00785326.1989.10430842 Reference page. 

References

Links

• R.D. Turner Laboratory. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.
• Early, A. 1996. Ruth Turner Scientist, Underwater Pioneer. Harvard Community Resource.