Victor Sterki
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Victor Sterki (September 26, 1846 in Solothurn, Switzerland – January 25, 1933 in New Philadelphia, OH)[1] was a malacologist from Switzerland who lived in the United States.[2]
Victor Sterki | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1846 Solothurn, Switzerland |
| Died | 1933 (aged 86–87) |
| Alma mater | University of Bern and Munich University[1] |
| Known for | Research in Pupillidae and in Sphaeriidae[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | malacology |
He worked as an assistant in the Section of Invertebrates in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History from 1909 to 1933.[1]
Malacological collections by Sterki of Pupillidae have 4000 lots and of Sphaeriidae have 12,000 lots.[1] Both collections are deposited in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.[1]
The malacological journal Sterkiana and the land snail species Guppya sterkii were named after him.[3][4]
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