Victor Sterki
| Victor Sterki | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1846 Solothurn, Switzerland |
| Died | 1933 (aged 86–87) |
| Residence | Ohio |
| Fields | malacology |
| Alma mater | University of Bern and Munich University[1] |
| Known for | research in Pupillidae and in Sphaeriidae[1] |
Victor Sterki (1846 in Solothurn, Switzerland - 1933)[1] was a malacologist from Switzerland who lived in the United States.[2]
He worked as an assistant in the Section of Invertebrates in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History from 1909 to 1933.[1]
Malacological collections by Sterki of Pupillidae has 4000 lots and of Sphaeriidae has 12,000 lots.[1] Both collections are deposited in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.[1]
The malacological journal Sterkiana and the snail species Guppya sterkii were named after him.[3][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Victor Sterki". Carnegie Museum of Natural History, accessed 23 April 2011.
- ↑ Coan E. V., Kabat A. R. & Petit R. E. (15 February 2011). 2,400 years of malacology, 8th ed., 936 pp. + 42 pp. [Annex of Collations]. American Malacological Society
- ↑ Victor Sterki
- ↑ Pilsbry H. A. (1946). Land Mollusca of North America (north of Mexico), vol. II part 1, 1946, pg. 246.