Virginia Orr Maes
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Virginia Orr Maes (1920–1986) was an American malacologist associated with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.[1] Thanks to her collecting, the academy has an exceptionally fine collection of turrids.[1] She married Robert A. Maes in 1963.[1] They had no children.[1]
A bibliography of Virginia Orr Maes was written by the malacologist Robert Robertson in 1987.[1]
Taxa named in honor
Gastropods named in honor of Virginia Orr Maes include one genus, six species and one subspecies:[1]
- Genus Maesiella McLean in McLean & Poorman, 1971[1]
- Anarithma maesi Drivas & Jay, 1986[1]
- Fusiturricula maesae Rios, 1985[1]
- Maesiella maesae McLean & Poorman, 1971[1]
- Pugnus maesae Roth, 1972[1]
- Simnia maesae Cate, 1973[1]
- Taheitia orrae Turner, 1959[1]
- Subspecies Strombus urceus orrae Abbott, 1960[1] - now considered to be a synonym of Canarium urceus urceus (Linnaeus, 1758)[2]