Conchology
121Mammalogy — Part of a series on Zoology …
122Sowerby family — The Sowerbys were a British family of naturalists, illustrators, botanists, and zoologists. *James Sowerby (1757 1822) **James De Carle Sowerby (1787 1871) **George Brettingham Sowerby I (1788 1854) ***George Brettingham Sowerby II (1812 1884)… …
123George Brettingham Sowerby I — (1788 July 26, 1854) was a British naturalist, illustrator, and conchologist.He was the son of James Sowerby. Together with his brother James De Carle Sowerby he continued their father s work on fossil shells, publishing the latter parts of the… …
124James De Carle Sowerby — (1787 ndash; 1871) was a British mineralogist and illustrator. He received an education in chemistry.He continued his father s (James Sowerby) work and published, together with his brother George Brettingham Sowerby I, the latter volumes of the… …
125Neuroethology — Echolocation in bats is one model system in neuroethology Neuroethology (from Greek νεῦρον neuron nerve and ἦθος ethos habit or custom ) …
126Constantine Samuel Rafinesque — Born …
127Hamites — Taxobox name = Hamites fossil range = Early Late Cretaceous image caption = A Reconstruction of the heteromorph ammonite Hamites gardneri regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Cephalopoda subclassis = Ammonoidea ordo = Ammonitida subordo …
128Malakos — μαλακός means soft in Greek. Malakia softness is the Classical Greek term for effeminacy. Malakas is the term for wanker in modern Greek. Malacology is the study of the invertebrate phylum “Mollusca” which are “soft bodied” animals, although most …
