Ruth Turner
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Ruth Dixon Turner was a pioneering U.S. marine biologist and malacologist. She was the world's expert on Teredinidae or shipworms, a taxonomic family of wood-boring bivalve mollusks which severely damage wooden marine installations.
Ruth Turner's Published Works
Published Works
- Classification of Bivalvia (1969) (260)
- A Cellulolytic Nitrogen-Fixing Bacterium Cultured from the Gland of Deshayes in Shipworms (Bivalvia: Teredinidae) (1983) (222)
- Wood-Boring Bivalves, Opportunistic Species in the Deep Sea (1973) (203)
- Classification of the Teredinidae. (Book Reviews: A Survey and Illustrated Catalogue of the Teredinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia)) (1966) (148)
- The giant white calm from the Galapagos Rift, Calyptogena magnifica species novum (1980) (138)
- Form, function, and evolution (1969) (138)
- A new genus and five new species of mussels lBivalviac Mytilidaer from deep-sea sulfideshydrocarbon seeps in the Gulf of Mexico (1998) (130)
- Larval dispersal of a deep-sea hydrothermal vent bivalve from the Galápagos Rift (1980) (105)
- Larval Development and Dispersal at Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents (1984) (87)
- Recruitment of marine invertebrates to hard substrates at deep-sea hydrothermal vents on the East Pacific Rise and Galapagos spreading center (1988) (78)
- The Family Pholadidae in the Western Atlantic and the Eastern Pacific. Part I - Pholadinae (1954) (68)
- Development, metamorphosis, and natural history of the nudibranch Doridella obscura Verrill (Corambidae: Opisthobranchia) (1977) (67)
- The Family Pholadidae in the Western Atlantic and the Eastern Pacific. Part II - Martesiinae, Jouannetiinae and Xylophaginae (1955) (66)
- Physiological aspects of wood consumption, growth, and reproduction in the shipworm Lyrodus pedicellatus Quatrefages (Bivalvia:Teredinidae) (1981) (57)
- Characterization and site description of Solemya borealis (Bivalvia; Solemyidae), another bivalve-bacteria symbiosis (1992) (52)
- Modes of molluscan larval development at deep-sea hydrothermal vents (1986) (48)
- Results of an international cooperative research programme on the biodeterioration of timber submerged in the sea. (1972) (44)
- The genus Lithophaga in the Western Atlantic (1962) (42)
- The Subfamilies Volutinae, Zidoninae, Odontocymbiolinae and Calliotectinae, in the Western Atlantic (1964) (36)
- Growth and distribution of mollusks at deep-sea vents and seeps. (1984) (36)
- Dwarf Males in the Teredinidae (Bivalvia, Pholadacea) (1983) (34)
- The Family Pinnidae in the Western Atlantic (1958) (34)
- The Family Cymatiidae in the Western Atlantic (1957) (31)
- Xylophile Ostracoda in the deep sea (1990) (29)
- the larval development of the wood boring piddock Martesia striata (L.) (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pholadidae) (1976) (28)
- New Approaches and Techniques for Studying Bivalve Larvae (1975) (26)
- The genera Martesia and Lignopholas in the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pholadidae) (1989) (25)
- Larval development of the deep-water wood boring bivalve, Xylophaga atlantica richards (Mollusca, bivalvia, pholadidae) (1976) (25)
- The Genera Epitonium (Part II), Depressiscala, Cyclindriscala, Nystiella and Solutiscala in the Western Atlantic (1952) (24)
- Range extensions of teredinids (shipworms) and polychaetes in the vicinity of a temperate-zone nuclear generating station (1980) (22)
- A new species of fossil Chlamys from Wright Valley, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica (1967) (22)
- The role of phytoplankton in the diets of adult and larval shipworms,Lyrodus pedicellatus (Bivalvia: Teredinidae) (1979) (21)
- The Family Melongenidae in the Western Atlantic (1956) (21)
- Xyloredo, a new teredinid-like abyssal wood-borer (Mollusca, Pholadidae, Xylophagainae) (1972) (21)
- The Genus Calliostoma in the Western Atlantic (1960) (21)
- Nest building in the bivalve mollusk generac Musculus and Lima (1963) (19)
- Marine biodeteriogenic organisms I. Lignicolous Fungi and Bacteria and the wood boring Mollusca and Crustacea (2001) (18)
- SQUAT LOBSTERS (GALATHEIDAE: MUNIDOPSIS) ASSOCIATED WITH MESH-ENCLOSED WOOD PANELS SUBMERGED IN THE DEEP SEA (1986) (17)
- An Overview of Research on Marine Borers: Past Progress and Future Direction (1984) (16)
- The Genera Sthenorytis, Cirsotrema, Acirsa, Opalia and Amaea in the Western Atlantic (1950) (16)
- The western atlantic marine mollusks described by C.B. Adams (1950) (15)
- Seasonal recruitment of marine invertebrates to hard substrates on Georges Bank and the Eastern continental shelf of the United States (1987) (14)
- The Genus Bankia in the Western Atlantic (1946) (14)
- On the subfamily Xylophagainae lfamily Pholadidaec Bivalvac Molluscar (2002) (13)
- A catalogue of the family Truncatellidae with notes and descriptions of new species (1948) (13)
- Bankia neztalia n.sp. (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Teredinidae) from Australia and New Zealand, and its relationships (1979) (11)
- The Family Tonnidae in the Western Atlantic (1948) (10)
- Monographs Of The Genera Pappustyla Forcartia and Meliobba (Papuininae: Camaenidae). (1962) (10)
- The Genus Epitonium in the Western Atlantic Part I (1951) (9)
- Monograph of the Genus Rhynchotrochus (Papuininae: Camaenidae) (1966) (9)
- The eastern Pacific marine mollusks described by C.B. Adams (1956) (8)
- The Family Volutidae in the Western Atlantic (1970) (8)
- The Genus Truncatella in the Western Atlantic (1948) (7)
- The North American genus Lioplax in the family Viviparidae. (1955) (7)
- The Distribution and Importance of Marine Wood Borers in the United States (1957) (7)
- Two New Genera of Land Molluscs (papuininae) from the Central Highlands of New Guinea (1959) (6)
- A new Thais from Angola and notes on Thais haemastoma Linné. American Museum novitates ; no. 1374 (1948) (6)
- Family Pterineidae Miller, 1877 (1969) (6)
- Cellulolytic Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria in the Teredinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) (1988) (5)
- Review of Carcelles, Alberto R. 1953: Catalogo de la Malacofauna Antarctica Argentina (1954) (5)
- John Gould Anthony with a bibliography and catalogue of his species (1946) (4)
- Monographs of the Genera Megalacron and Rhytidoconcha (Papuininae: Camaenidae) (1964) (4)
- Rotating liners during cementing in the Grand Isle and West Delta area (1983) (4)
- Nettastomella japonica Yokoyama in North America and notes on the Pholadidae (1962) (3)
- Some aspects of the life history of zachsia zenkewitschi teredinidae bivalvia (1983) (3)
- The Genera Hemitoma and Diodora in the Western Atlantic (1959) (3)
- The Genera Amaea and Epitonium in the Western Atlantic (1959) (3)
- Additions to the Pholadidae - Part II (1956) (2)
- Charles Johnson Maynard and his work in malacology. (1957) (2)
- Review of Johnson, Charles W. 1915: Fauna of New England, List of Mollusca (1947) (1)
- Notes on the genus Taheitia (Truncatellidae) in New Guinea with the description of a new species) (1959) (1)
- Superfamily Pteriacea Gray, 1847 (1820) (1969) (1)
- A New Meliobba From the Schrader Range, New Guinea (1960) (1)
- The Occurrence of A Nematode Parasite In The Genus Stylodon (1960) (1)
- The Genera Epitonium, Opalis and Cylindriscala in the Western Atlantic (1953) (1)
- The Voyage of the “Tomas Berrera” (1950) (1)
- Recent works on the Marine Mollusks of Argentina (1953) (1)
- The genus Hemitrochus in Puerto Rico. (1958) (1)
- The Works of Georgius Everhardus Rumphius 1626-1693 (1958) (1)
- Review number and index (1954) (0)
- Review of Fauna und Flora der Adria by Rupert Riedl 1963 (1964) (0)
- Letter to H.B. Stenzel from Ruth D. Turner on 1968-09-24 (1968) (0)
- Letter to H.B. Stenzel from Ruth D. Turner on 1957-04-07 (1957) (0)
- Part N, Mollusca 6, vol. 1 & 2, Complete Volume (1969) (0)
- Letter to H.B. Stenzel from Ruth D. Turner on 1966-03-29 (1966) (0)
- Review of Edmondson, H. H., 1933: Reef and Shore Fauna of Hawaii. (1949) (0)
- Henry A. Pilsbry (1959) (0)
- Richard Winslow Foster (1970) (0)
- Letter to H.B. Stenzel from Ruth D. Turner on 1965-10-18 (1965) (0)
- Review of Hirase, S., 1934: A Collection of Japanese Shells with Illustrations in Natural Color. Tokyo, Japan, 217 pp., 129 plates (1949) (0)
- Merrill E. Champion (1954) (0)
- Dr. Joseph C. Bequaert (1965) (0)
- Review of British Prosobranch Molluscs, their functional anatomy and ecology, by Vera Fretter and Alastair Graham, 1962. (1962) (0)
- Review of Vogage aux Iles de Ténériffe, La Trinité, Saint-Thomas, Saint-Croix et Porto Rico by Andre-Pierre LeDru. Published by Arthus Bertrand, Paris 1810, Vol. 1, 47+315 pages; Vol. 2, 324 pages, 1 map (1958) (0)
- Review of Traité de Zoologie, published under the direction of Pierre-P. Grassé, 1960, Vol. 5, fascicule 2, Embranchement des Mollusques, pp. 1625-2164, text figs. 1469-1830, and 2 colored plates (1961) (0)
- Review of MacGinitie, G. E. and Nettie MacGinitie 1949, Natural History of Marine Animals, McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc., New York, 473 pages, 282 figures (1951) (0)
- Land shells of Navassa Islandc West Indies (1960) (0)
- Letter to H.B. Stenzel from Ruth D. Turner on 1965-11-16 (1965) (0)
- Letter to Henryk B. Stenzel from Ruth D. Turner on 1964-11-09 (1964) (0)
- Review of Yonge, C. M., 1949. The Sea Shore. Collins, London, 311 pages, 88 text figures, 40 colored plates and 32 black and white plates (1951) (0)
- Letter to John de Palma from Ruth D. Turner on 1968-09-24 (1968) (0)
- Family Pulvinitidae Stephenson, 1941 (1969) (0)
- Letter to Henryk B. Stenzel from Ruth D. Turner on 1965-03-15 (1965) (0)
- Review of Sullivan, M. Charlotte 1948: Bivalve Larvae of Malpeque Bay (1950) (0)
- The Shell Makers, Introducing Mollusks. (1975) (0)
- Review of Dall, W. H., P. Bartsch and H. A. Rehder 1938: A Manual of the Recent and Fossil Marine Pelecypod Mollusks of the Hawaiian Islands (1949) (0)
- Ecological studies of wood-boring bivalves in the vicinity of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station. Interim report 1 Sep 79-28 Feb 80 (1980) (0)
- Letter to H.B. Stenzel from Ruth D. Turner on 1969-04-07 (1969) (0)
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