Rudolf Sturany
Rudolf Sturany (13 April 1867 – 28 February 1935) was an Austrian zoologist who specialized in the field of malacology, the study of mollusks.He studied zoology at the University of Leipzig under Rudolf Leuckart and at the University of Vienna, where his instructors included Carl Claus, Friedrich Moritz Brauer and Karl Grobben. In 1891 he obtained his PhD at Vienna.
In September 1889 he began work as a volunteer at the Natural History Museum of Vienna, later serving as a curator, being entrusted with the collections of mollusks, bryozoans, brachiopods and tunicates. During his career, he took frequent trips for scientific research in Bosnia, Herzegovina, Dalmatia, Montenegro, Albania and Crete. In 1924 he retired from museum work due to a deteriorating eye condition.
Sturany was the taxonomic authority for numerous mollusk species, a few examples being: ''Spelaeoconcha paganettii'', ''Pseudobithynia pentheri'' and ''Mitra gonatophora''. The land snail genus ''Sturanyella'', in all likelihood, is named after him. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published: 1902
Superior document: Enthalten in Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien : Aus der K.K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, in Commission bei Carl Gerold's Sohn, 1902 111. Band (Jahrgang 1902), 1. Abtheilung, 3. Heft, Seite 123-140, 2 Tafeln
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Published: 1914
Superior document: Enthalten in Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien : Aus der kaiserlich-königlichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, in Kommission bei Alfred Hölder, 1914 123. Band, 1. Halbband (Jahrgang 1914), 1. Abteilung, 5. Heft, Seite 609-614
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Published: 1913
Superior document: Enthalten in Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien : Aus der kaiserlich-königlichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, in Kommission bei Alfred Hölder, 1913 122. Band, 1. Halbband (Jahrgang 1913), 1. Abteilung, 4. Heft, Seite 549-556