Richard W. Foster* (1920-01-04 - 1964-09-03) person

MCZ Malacologist and Member of Boston Malacological Club

Names for this agent

  • Richard Winslow Foster
  • Richard W. Foster (preferred)
  • Richard Winslow Foster (full)
  • Foster, R. W. (author)
  • R. W. Foster (second author)

  • No media showing this agent

Range of years collected is greater than 80 (1879-1980)

Collecting Event Map

  • Actinopterygii: Ophichthidae (1 record) in year 1951
  • Amphibia: Hylidae (11 records) in year 1941
  • Amphibia: Leptodactylidae (1 record) in year 1960
  • Anthozoa: Fungiidae (2 records) in year 1962
  • Anthozoa: Plexauridae (1 record) in year 1951
  • Anthozoa: Renillidae (1 record) in year 1963
  • Arachnida: Buthidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Arachnida: Diplocentridae (1 record) in year 1941
  • Arachnida: Phrynidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Asteroidea: Archasteridae (1 record) in year 1962
  • Asteroidea: Asteriidae (2 records) in year 1963
  • Asteroidea: Asterinidae (8 records) in years 1944-1960
  • Asteroidea: Astropectinidae (4 records) in years 1941-1963
  • Asteroidea: Echinasteridae (6 records) in years 1941-1963
  • Asteroidea: Goniasteridae (2 records) in year 1963
  • Asteroidea: Ophidiasteridae (10 records) in years 1958-1962
  • Asteroidea: Oreasteridae (3 records) in years 1961-1962
  • Bivalvia: Anatinellidae (5 records) in years 1936-1960
  • Bivalvia: Anomiidae (26 records) in years 1932-1958
  • Bivalvia: Arcidae (267 records) in years 1934-1963
  • Bivalvia: Arcticidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Basterotiidae (1 record) in year 1951
  • Bivalvia: Cardiidae (168 records) in years 1931-1962
  • Bivalvia: Carditidae (28 records) in years 1935-1961
  • Bivalvia: Chamidae (59 records) in years 1944-1963
  • Bivalvia: Condylocardiidae (5 records) in years 1950-1958
  • Bivalvia: Cooperellidae (1 record) in year 1944
  • Bivalvia: Corbulidae (28 records) in years 1937-1960
  • Bivalvia: Crassatellidae (9 records) in years 1951-1960
  • Bivalvia: Cultellidae (1 record) in year 1956
  • Bivalvia: Cuspidariidae (11 records) in years 1937-1960
  • Bivalvia: Cyrenidae (7 records) in year 1936
  • Bivalvia: Donacidae (19 records) in years 1934-1960
  • Bivalvia: Dreissenidae (3 records) in years 1942-1958
  • Bivalvia: Gastrochaenidae (18 records) in years 1944-1962
  • Bivalvia: Glycymerididae (29 records) in years 1936-1963
  • Bivalvia: Gryphaeidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Hiatellidae (6 records) in years 1934-1944
  • Bivalvia: Isognomonidae (72 records) in years 1927-1963
  • Bivalvia: Lasaeidae (4 records) in years 1949-1962
  • Bivalvia: Laseidae (6 records) in years 1944-1961
  • Bivalvia: Limidae (77 records) in years 1935-1963
  • Bivalvia: Limopsidae (3 records) in year 1944
  • Bivalvia: Lucinidae (154 records) in years 1926-1963
  • Bivalvia: Lyonsiidae (9 records) in years 1934-1951
  • Bivalvia: Mactridae (35 records) in years 1936-1960
  • Bivalvia: Malleidae (3 records) in years 1951-1958
  • Bivalvia: Margaritanidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Margaritidae (4 records) in years 1960-1962
  • Bivalvia: Mesodesmatidae (18 records) in years 1893-1958
  • Bivalvia: Montacutidae (1 record) in year 1949
  • Bivalvia: Myidae (5 records) in years 1934-1960
  • Bivalvia: Myochamidae (4 records) in year 1944
  • Bivalvia: Mytilidae (192 records) in years 1933-1979
  • Bivalvia: Noetiidae (32 records) in years 1935-1963
  • Bivalvia: Nuculanidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Nuculidae (5 records) in years 1936-1958
  • Bivalvia: Ostreidae (41 records) in years 1934-1962
  • Bivalvia: Pectinidae (156 records) in years 1931-1963
  • Bivalvia: Periplomatidae (2 records) in years 1942-1949
  • Bivalvia: Petricolidae (5 records) in years 1944-1951
  • Bivalvia: Pharidae (6 records) in years 1934-1936
  • Bivalvia: Pholadidae (9 records) in years 1937-1962
  • Bivalvia: Pinnidae (52 records) in years 1934-1962
  • Bivalvia: Plicatulidae (13 records) in years 1936-1958
  • Bivalvia: Poromyidae (1 record) in year 1944
  • Bivalvia: Propeamussidae (9 records) in years 1950-1963
  • Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae (1 record) in year 1960
  • Bivalvia: Psammobiidae (19 records) in years 1936-1962
  • Bivalvia: Pteriidae (61 records) in years 1934-1962
  • Bivalvia: Semelidae (59 records) in years 1936-1962
  • Bivalvia: Solecurtidae (22 records) in years 1935-1958
  • Bivalvia: Solemyidae (3 records) in year 1934
  • Bivalvia: Spondylidae (27 records) in years 1936-1962
  • Bivalvia: Sportellidae (6 records) in years 1936-1960
  • Bivalvia: Tellinidae (205 records) in years 1935-1963
  • Bivalvia: Thraciidae (5 records) in years 1944-1958
  • Bivalvia: Thyasiridae (1 record) in year 1960
  • Bivalvia: Trapezidae (9 records) in years 1944-1962
  • Bivalvia: Tridacnidae (23 records) in years 1960-1962
  • Bivalvia: Ungulinidae (7 records) in years 1936-1960
  • Bivalvia: Unionidae (14 records) in years 1933-1958
  • Bivalvia: Veneridae (226 records) in years 1934-1962
  • Bivalvia: Verticordiidae (5 records) in years 1944-1950
  • Bivalvia: Yoldiidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: [no family] (6 records) in years 1961-1962
  • Cephalopoda: Argonautidae (1 record) in year 1936
  • Cephalopoda: Loliginidae (5 records) in years 1939-1963
  • Cephalopoda: Octopodidae (11 records) in years 1941-1963
  • Cephalopoda: Sepiidae (16 records) in years 1956-1963
  • Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae (3 records) in years 1944-1963
  • Cephalopoda: Spirulidae (9 records) in years 1936-1961
  • Cephalopoda: Tremoctopodidae (1 record) in year 1960
  • Cephalopoda: [no family] (37 records) in years 1948-1963
  • Chondrichthyes: Lamnidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Cirripedia: [no family] (12 records) in years 1941-1963
  • Crinoidea: Comasteridae (5 records) in year 1944
  • Echinoidea: Arbaciidae (3 records) in years 1944-1963
  • Echinoidea: Brissidae (1 record) in year 1963
  • Echinoidea: Cidaridae (3 records) in years 1944-1963
  • Echinoidea: Clypeasteridae (1 record) in year 1962
  • Echinoidea: Echinocyamidae (5 records) in years 1962-1963
  • Echinoidea: Echinolampadidae (2 records) in years 1944-1963
  • Echinoidea: Echinoneidae (1 record) in year 1944
  • Echinoidea: Laganidae (1 record) in year 1962
  • Echinoidea: Mellitidae (1 record) in year 1950
  • Echinoidea: Prenasteridae (1 record) in year 1963
  • Echinoidea: Temnopleuridae (2 records) in years 1962-1963
  • Echinoidea: Trigonocidaridae (5 records) in years 1962-1963
  • Gastropoda: Achatinidae (9 records) in years 1936-1960
  • Gastropoda: Acmaeidae (30 records) in years 1936-1963
  • Gastropoda: Acteonidae (17 records) in years 1960-1962
  • Gastropoda: Amathinidae (2 records) in year 1960
  • Gastropoda: Ampullariidae (2 records) in year 1950
  • Gastropoda: Anabathridae (2 records) in year 1962
  • Gastropoda: Annulariidae (29 records) in years 1936-1941
  • Gastropoda: Architectonicidae (19 records) in years 1944-1962
  • Gastropoda: Areneidae (1 record) in year 1950
  • Gastropoda: Arionidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Assimineidae (4 records) in years 1951-1960
  • Gastropoda: Atlantidae (5 records) in years 1944-1960
  • Gastropoda: Batillariidae (24 records) in years 1935-1960
  • Gastropoda: Bellolividae (1 record) in year 1936
  • Gastropoda: Buccinidae (62 records) in years 1934-1963
  • Gastropoda: Bulimulidae (6 records) in years 1936-1958
  • Gastropoda: Bullidae (47 records) in years 1934-1963
  • Gastropoda: Bullinidae (1 record) in year 1962
  • Gastropoda: Bursidae (31 records) in years 1960-1962
  • Gastropoda: Busyconidae (4 records) in years 1936-1941
  • Gastropoda: Caecidae (47 records) in years 1944-1963
  • Gastropoda: Calliostomatidae (7 records) in years 1936-1944
  • Gastropoda: Calyptraeidae (46 records) in years 1933-1960
  • Gastropoda: Camaenidae (5 records) in year 1936
  • Gastropoda: Cancellariidae (19 records) in years 1936-1963
  • Gastropoda: Capulidae (4 records) in years 1934-1960
  • Gastropoda: Cassidae (56 records) in years 1936-1963
  • Gastropoda: Cavoliniidae (23 records) in years 1944-1960
  • Gastropoda: Cerastidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Cerionidae (60 records) in years 1936-1960
  • Gastropoda: Cerithiidae (199 records) in years 1932-1966
  • Gastropoda: Cerithiopsidae (12 records) in years 1944-1963
  • Gastropoda: Cionellidae (3 records) in year 1934
  • Gastropoda: Cocculinidae (1 record) in year 1958
  • Gastropoda: Cochlespiridae (2 records) in years 1944-1950
  • Gastropoda: Cochlicopidae (1 record) in year 1934
  • Gastropoda: Colubrariidae (1 record) in year 1951
  • Gastropoda: Columbellidae (115 records) in years 1934-1963
  • Gastropoda: Conidae (488 records) in years 1935-1966
  • Gastropoda: Coralliophilidae (8 records) in years 1960-1962
  • Gastropoda: Costellariidae (29 records) in years 1958-1962
  • Gastropoda: Crepidulidae (6 records) in years 1944-1956
  • Gastropoda: Cylinchnidae (6 records) in years 1944-1961
  • Gastropoda: Cylindrobullidae (1 record) in year 1951
  • Gastropoda: Cymatiidae (7 records) in years 1936-1950
  • Gastropoda: Cypraeidae (228 records) in years 1936-1963
  • Gastropoda: Cystiscidae (6 records) in years 1944-1963
  • Gastropoda: Dialidae (9 records) in years 1960-1961
  • Gastropoda: Diastomatidae (20 records) in years 1951-1962
  • Gastropoda: Discidae (15 records) in years 1932-1959
  • Gastropoda: Dolicholatiridae (1 record) in year 1944
  • Gastropoda: Drilliidae (3 records) in years 1936-1962
  • Gastropoda: Ellobiidae (41 records) in years 1934-1963
  • Gastropoda: Epitoniidae (41 records) in years 1937-1961
  • Gastropoda: Eratoidae (1 record) in year 1944
  • Gastropoda: Euconulidae (3 records) in year 1960
  • Gastropoda: Eulimidae (24 records) in years 1942-1962
  • Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae (134 records) in years 1936-1966
  • Gastropoda: Ficidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Fissurellidae (134 records) in years 1935-1963
  • Gastropoda: Fossaridae (4 records) in years 1951-1963
  • Gastropoda: Gastrodontidae (6 records) in years 1932-1959
  • Gastropoda: Haliotidae (14 records) in years 1960-1961
  • Gastropoda: Hamineidae (27 records) in years 1960-1962
  • Gastropoda: Haminoeidae (18 records) in years 1934-1962
  • Gastropoda: Haplotrematidae (1 record) in year 1947
  • Gastropoda: Harpidae (15 records) in years 1936-1962
  • Gastropoda: Helicidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Helicinidae (322 records) in years 1936-1963
  • Gastropoda: Helicodiscidae (4 records) in years 1932-1934
  • Gastropoda: Helminthoglyptidae (34 records) in years 1936-1947
  • Gastropoda: Hipponicidae (44 records) in years 1936-1963
  • Gastropoda: Hydatinidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae (2 records) in year 1934
  • Gastropoda: Janthinidae (5 records) in years 1936-1950
  • Gastropoda: Juliidae (1 record) in year 1962
  • Gastropoda: Liotiidae (1 record) in year 1961
  • Gastropoda: Litiopidae (9 records) in years 1951-1963
  • Gastropoda: Littorinidae (224 records) in years 1933-1973
  • Gastropoda: Lottidae (14 records) in years 1938-1958
  • Gastropoda: Lottiidae (4 records) in year 1934
  • Gastropoda: Mangeliidae (2 records) in year 1951
  • Gastropoda: Margaritidae (5 records) in years 1934-1962
  • Gastropoda: Marginellidae (62 records) in years 1935-1962
  • Gastropoda: Melongenidae (22 records) in years 1931-1960
  • Gastropoda: Microceramidae (14 records) in year 1936
  • Gastropoda: Mitridae (44 records) in years 1936-1962
  • Gastropoda: Modulidae (34 records) in years 1934-1960
  • Gastropoda: Muricidae (416 records) in years 1932-1966
  • Gastropoda: Nassaridae (3 records) in years 1936-1958
  • Gastropoda: Nassariidae (74 records) in years 1932-1962
  • Gastropoda: Naticidae (116 records) in years 1934-1967
  • Gastropoda: Neritidae (351 records) in years 1934-1966
  • Gastropoda: Neritiliidae (1 record) in year 1963
  • Gastropoda: Oleacinidae (11 records) in years 1936-1939
  • Gastropoda: Olividae (56 records) in years 1936-1963
  • Gastropoda: Ovulidae (17 records) in years 1936-1958
  • Gastropoda: Oxynoidae (2 records) in year 1962
  • Gastropoda: Patellidae (24 records) in years 1956-1963
  • Gastropoda: Personidae (4 records) in years 1944-1950
  • Gastropoda: Phasianellidae (14 records) in years 1936-1962
  • Gastropoda: Phenacolepadidae (3 records) in year 1962
  • Gastropoda: Philinidae (3 records) in year 1960
  • Gastropoda: Physidae (3 records) in years 1934-1936
  • Gastropoda: Pisaniidae (13 records) in years 1934-1960
  • Gastropoda: Planaxidae (32 records) in years 1936-1963
  • Gastropoda: Planorbidae (9 records) in years 1934-1959
  • Gastropoda: Polygyridae (44 records) in years 1931-1959
  • Gastropoda: Potamididae (17 records) in years 1936-1961
  • Gastropoda: Pupillidae (8 records) in year 1936
  • Gastropoda: Pyramidellidae (164 records) in years 1936-1963
  • Gastropoda: Ranellidae (101 records) in years 1936-1963
  • Gastropoda: Raphitomidae (1 record) in year 1944
  • Gastropoda: Retusidae (13 records) in years 1951-1962
  • Gastropoda: Ringiculidae (3 records) in years 1944-1963
  • Gastropoda: Rissoidae (52 records) in years 1944-1963
  • Gastropoda: Rissoinidae (7 records) in years 1951-1960
  • Gastropoda: Sagdidae (17 records) in years 1936-1939
  • Gastropoda: Scaphandridae (6 records) in years 1944-1960
  • Gastropoda: Scissurellidae (3 records) in years 1951-1961
  • Gastropoda: Siliquariidae (1 record) in year 1944
  • Gastropoda: Siphonariidae (25 records) in years 1936-1962
  • Gastropoda: Skeneidae (3 records) in years 1962-1963
  • Gastropoda: Skeneopsidae (1 record) in year 1980
  • Gastropoda: Solariellidae (1 record) in year 1944
  • Gastropoda: Spiraxidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Stomatellidae (4 records) in years 1960-1962
  • Gastropoda: Streptaxidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Strobilopsidae (1 record) in year 1934
  • Gastropoda: Strombidae (122 records) in years 1936-1963
  • Gastropoda: Subulinidae (12 records) in years 1936-1950
  • Gastropoda: Succineidae (19 records) in years 1934-1945
  • Gastropoda: Tegulidae (27 records) in years 1935-1963
  • Gastropoda: Terebridae (54 records) in years 1944-1962
  • Gastropoda: Thiaridae (1 record) in year 1960
  • Gastropoda: Tonnidae (23 records) in years 1935-1963
  • Gastropoda: Tornatinidae (3 records) in year 1934
  • Gastropoda: Tricoliidae (18 records) in years 1944-1963
  • Gastropoda: Trimusculidae (1 record) in year 1947
  • Gastropoda: Triphoridae (29 records) in years 1944-1963
  • Gastropoda: Triviidae (32 records) in years 1936-1962
  • Gastropoda: Trochidae (125 records) in years 1936-1963
  • Gastropoda: Truncatellidae (10 records) in years 1936-1962
  • Gastropoda: Turbinellidae (3 records) in years 1936-1963
  • Gastropoda: Turbinidae (120 records) in years 1935-1963
  • Gastropoda: Turridae (85 records) in years 1944-1963
  • Gastropoda: Turritellidae (43 records) in years 1935-1960
  • Gastropoda: Umbraculidae (1 record) in year 1961
  • Gastropoda: Urocoptidae (7 records) in year 1936
  • Gastropoda: Valloniidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Vanikoridae (7 records) in years 1935-1962
  • Gastropoda: Vasidae (25 records) in years 1958-1963
  • Gastropoda: Vermetidae (20 records) in years 1936-1962
  • Gastropoda: Vitrinellidae (9 records) in years 1951-1960
  • Gastropoda: Vitrinidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Viviparidae (2 records) in years 1937-1960
  • Gastropoda: Volutidae (7 records) in years 1950-1963
  • Gastropoda: Xanthonychidae (31 records) in year 1936
  • Gastropoda: Xenophoridae (16 records) in years 1936-1960
  • Gastropoda: Zebinidae (3 records) in years 1951-1960
  • Gastropoda: Zonitidae (6 records) in years 1931-1959
  • Gastropoda: [no family] (6 records) in years 1944-1961
  • Holothuroidea: [no family] (2 records) in years 1944-1963
  • Malacostraca: Alpheidae (4 records) in years 1941-1962
  • Malacostraca: Calappidae (8 records) in years 1879-1962
  • Malacostraca: Cancridae (1 record) in year 1963
  • Malacostraca: Crangonidae (1 record) in year 1940
  • Malacostraca: Diogenidae (2 records) in year 1941
  • Malacostraca: Dromiidae (1 record) in year 1941
  • Malacostraca: Gecarcinidae (5 records) in year 1941
  • Malacostraca: Gonodactylidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Grapsidae (5 records) in years 1941-1963
  • Malacostraca: Hippidae (2 records) in year 1941
  • Malacostraca: Hippolytidae (4 records) in years 1938-1942
  • Malacostraca: Leucosiidae (2 records) in years 1879-1963
  • Malacostraca: Majidae (18 records) in years 1941-1971
  • Malacostraca: Munididae (1 record) in year 1944
  • Malacostraca: Ocypodidae (1 record) in year 1941
  • Malacostraca: Paguridae (3 records) in years 1941-1942
  • Malacostraca: Palaemonidae (2 records) in year 1941
  • Malacostraca: Parthenopidae (2 records) in years 1879-1963
  • Malacostraca: Pasiphaeidae (1 record) in year 1941
  • Malacostraca: Pinnotheridae (1 record) in year 1942
  • Malacostraca: Porcellanidae (1 record) in year 1942
  • Malacostraca: Portunidae (14 records) in years 1940-1963
  • Malacostraca: Raninidae (2 records) in years 1879-1963
  • Malacostraca: Sphaeromatidae (1 record) in year 1941
  • Malacostraca: Xanthidae (22 records) in years 1941-1963
  • Malacostraca: [no family] (12 records) in years 1879-1963
  • Maxillopoda: [no family] (2 records) in year 1941
  • Ophiuroidea: Ophiodermatidae (1 record) in year 1941
  • Ophiuroidea: [no family] (2 records) in year 1963
  • Osteichthyes: Cyprinodontidae (2 records) in year 1936
  • Osteichthyes: Hemiramphidae (1 record) in year 1963
  • Osteichthyes: Labridae (1 record) in year 1941
  • Osteichthyes: Paralichthyidae (1 record) in year 1940
  • Osteichthyes: Poeciliidae (7 records) in year 1936
  • Osteichthyes: Scorpaenidae (1 record) in year 1941
  • Osteichthys: Exocoetidae (1 record) in year 1944
  • Polychaeta: Acoetidae (1 record) in year 1963
  • Polychaeta: Amphinomidae (3 records) in years 1936-1963
  • Polychaeta: Aphroditidae (1 record) in year 1944
  • Polychaeta: Capitellidae (1 record) in year 1940
  • Polychaeta: Eunicidae (5 records) in years 1936-1963
  • Polychaeta: Glyceridae (2 records) in year 1963
  • Polychaeta: Goniadidae (1 record) in year 1963
  • Polychaeta: Nereididae (1 record) in year 1940
  • Polychaeta: Onuphidae (1 record) in year 1963
  • Polychaeta: Polynoidae (1 record) in year 1941
  • Polychaeta: Serpulidae (1 record) in year 1963
  • Polychaeta: Terebellidae (1 record) in year 1942
  • Polychaeta: [no family] (5 records) in years 1950-1963
  • Polyplacophora: Acanthochitonidae (3 records) in year 1944
  • Polyplacophora: Callistoplacidae (3 records) in year 1937
  • Polyplacophora: Chaetopleuridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Polyplacophora: Chitonidae (51 records) in years 1926-1963
  • Polyplacophora: Ischnochitonidae (23 records) in years 1938-1961
  • Polyplacophora: Tonicellidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Polyplacophora: [no family] (51 records) in years 1935-1963
  • Pycnogonida: Phoxichilidiidae (2 records) in years 1944-1963
  • Reptilia: Boidae (8 records) in year 1941
  • Reptilia: Colubridae (5 records) in years 1929-1944
  • Reptilia: Iguanidae (76 records) in year 1941
  • Reptilia: Teiidae (4 records) in year 1941
  • Scaphopoda: Dentaliidae (43 records) in years 1935-1963
  • Scaphopoda: Gadilidae (20 records) in years 1944-1963
  • Scaphopoda: Omniglyptidae (3 records) in year 1960
  • Scaphopoda: [no family] (13 records) in years 1911-1963
  • : Antennariidae (1 record) in year 1944
  • : Gobiesocidae (1 record) in year 1963
  • : Hyrdrobiidae (1 record) none known to year
  • : Rissoinidae (7 records) in year 1962
  • : [no family] (348 records) in years 1937-1963

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