Gary Rosenberg

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Gary Rosenberg
Born (1959-10-16) October 16, 1959 (age 62)
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUSA
Alma mater Princeton University
Scientific career
Fields Malacology, Systematics, Evolutionary Biology, Biodiversity Informatics
Institutions Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Drexel University
Doctoral advisor Kenneth Jay Boss, Harvard University
Other academic advisors Ruth Dixon Turner, Stephen Jay Gould

Gary Rosenberg (born New Rochelle, New York, 16 October 1959) is an American malacologist.

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Biography

He graduated from Princeton University in 1981 with a bachelor's degree in geology and obtained a Ph.D. in 1989 at Harvard University in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology. He is currently the Pilsbry Chair and Curator of Malacology at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and a professor at Drexel University in the Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science. He is a member of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.

Rosenberg created "Malacolog", an online database of western Atlantic marine mollusks. He also contributed significantly to the "Biotic Database of Indo-Pacific Marine Mollusks" and created an interactive key to the land snails of the West Indian island of Jamaica. More recently he has contributed much work to the worldwide database of marine organisms, WoRMS.

Taxa

Rosenberg has, alone or together with others, described and named various taxa of mollusks, including: [1]

Publications

Rosenberg has published, alone or in collaboration with others, a great number of publications, including:

Related Research Articles

Costellariidae Family of sea snails

Costellariidae sometimes called the "ribbed miters" is a taxonomic family of minute to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. This family of snails is also sometimes referred to as Vexillum miters. The main family of miter shells however is Mitridae, a closely related group.

Mitromica foveata is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Mitromica solitaria is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Vexillum elliscrossi is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

<i>Thala</i> (gastropod) Genus of gastropods

Thala is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Costellariidae.

<i>Cyphoma signatum</i> Species of gastropod

Cyphoma signatum, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.This species was recently synonymised with Cyphoma gibbosum.

Testudovolva ericae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.

Prionovolva is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ovulidae.

<i>Lunovula finleyi</i> Species of gastropod

Lunovula finleyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, one of the families of cowry allies.

Trivellona marlowi is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.

Turbonilla buteonis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

<i>Turbonilla toyatani</i> Species of gastropod

Turbonilla toyatani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

Pusia elliscrossi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Thala evelynae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Thala kilburni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Thala merrilli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Thala ogasawarana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Thala pallida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Thala suduirauti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Thaluta takenoko is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

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