James Hamilton McLean

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James Hamilton McLean (* 1936 ) is an American malacologist and biologist who specializes in molluscs . He is a specialist in marine snails and has studied many gastropod families in the Eastern Pacific, so u. a. the Fissurellidae , Trochidae , Turbinidae and Liotiidae . He has also discovered and examined living snails in the deep sea in the vicinity of hydrothermal springs .

Life

James Hamilton McLean studied zoology at Wesleyan University and made his bachelor's degree (BA Zoology) in 1958.

He received his doctorate in zoology from Stanford University and received his Ph.D. in 1996. in zoology.

Shortly before completing his PhD, he became a curator at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County , where he worked for over 35 years. In 2001 he retired, but has continued to act as a curator emeritus ever since .

research

His research interests were in the systematics of marine snails in the Eastern Pacific. He paid particular attention to the Patellogastropoda and Vetigastropoda, especially the families Fissurellidae , Trochidae , Turbinidae , Colloniidae and Liotiidae , but also the Turridae family within the neogastropods .

In 1969, he summarized his work on the snail fauna of the Northeast Pacific in the Marine Shells of Southern California manual .

In 1977 he discovered new gastropod communities in the vicinity of submarine hydrothermal springs . There he examined and named numerous species of limpets, u. a. the Clypeosectidae .

In total, James Hamilton McLean described around 400 new species. In 2007 he began writing two large monographs.

literature

  • DuShane H. (1967): "Biographical sketch. James H. McLean". News of the Western Association of Shell Clubs 8 (5): C15.
  • McLean JH (1998): "Up close and personal with AMU's presidents". American Malacological Union News 27 (2): 4.
  • Groves L. (2001): "Jim McLean retires". Unitas Malacologica Newsletter 17 : 4.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Coan, EV, Kabat, AR & Petit, RE: February 15, 2009; 2,400 Years of Malacology ( October 22, 2013 memento in the Internet Archive ); (6th edition).
personal data
SURNAME McLean, James Hamilton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American malacologist and biologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1936