Ruth D. Turner* (1914-12-07 - 2000-04-30) person
Ruth Turner was an MCZ curator and Harvard professor. She was a shipworm taxonomist and world expert on marine bivalve molluscs in the familyTeredinidae. She was the first female scientist to work from the deep sea submersible Alvin, conducting research on organisms associated with wood in the deep sea and on vent and cold seep faunas. Ruth Turner achieved tenure at Harvard in 1973 as one of Harvard's first tenured women professors. For more information about her life, see: https://shellfish.memberclicks.net/assets/docs/in memoriam ruth turner 191.pdf
and https://library.mcz.harvard.edu/blog/who-was-ruth-turner
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Names for this agent
- Dr. Ruth Dixon Turner
- Ruth D. Turner (preferred)
- Turner, R. D. (author)
- R. D. Turner (second author)
Media Details
Media type: image; Ruth D. Turner; Description: Photo of Ruth Turner in Australia, 1980s;
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- student of William J. Clench
- Winifred Turner sister of Ruth D. Turner
- Paul J. Morris student of Ruth D. Turner
- Gary Rosenberg student of Ruth D. Turner
- Mala (3081 records) in years 1901-1993
- IZ (992 records) in years 78-1990
- Ich (6 records) in years 1971-1986
- Orn (1 record) in year 1986
- Herp (1 record) in year 1952
Range of years collected is greater than 80 (1901-1993)
Collecting Event Map
- Anthozoa: Antipathidae (1 record) none known to year
- Anthozoa: Paragorgiidae (1 record) in year 1978
- Anthozoa: [no family] (1 record) in year 1978
- Arachnida: Bothriuridae (1 record) in year 1970
- Arachnida: Sparassidae (1 record) in year 1970
- Asteroidea: Asterinidae (6 records) in years 1967-1990
- Asteroidea: Astropectinidae (2 records) in year 1980
- Asteroidea: Caymanostellidae (2 records) in year 1978
- Asteroidea: Solasteridae (1 record) in year 1980
- Asteroidea: Xyloplacidae (21 records) none known to year
- Aves: Parulidae (1 record) in year 1986
- Bivalvia: Anomiidae (12 records) in years 1944-1983
- Bivalvia: Arcidae (24 records) in years 1950-1973
- Bivalvia: Astartidae (2 records) in years 1973-1981
- Bivalvia: Cardiidae (15 records) in years 1950-1973
- Bivalvia: Carditidae (5 records) in years 1953-1983
- Bivalvia: Chamidae (4 records) in years 1956-1966
- Bivalvia: Corbulidae (1 record) in year 1958
- Bivalvia: Crassatellidae (1 record) in year 1973
- Bivalvia: Cultellidae (1 record) in year 1953
- Bivalvia: Cyrenidae (3 records) in years 1953-1954
- Bivalvia: Donacidae (10 records) in years 1950-1970
- Bivalvia: Dreissenidae (1 record) in year 1950
- Bivalvia: Glycymerididae (1 record) in year 1966
- Bivalvia: Hiatellidae (5 records) in years 1957-1973
- Bivalvia: Isognomonidae (12 records) in years 1950-1972
- Bivalvia: Kelliidae (1 record) none known to year
- Bivalvia: Lasaeidae (1 record) in year 1973
- Bivalvia: Limidae (8 records) in years 1945-1966
- Bivalvia: Lucinidae (21 records) in years 1950-1966
- Bivalvia: Lyonsiidae (1 record) in year 1973
- Bivalvia: Mactridae (9 records) in years 1950-1964
- Bivalvia: Mesodesmatidae (7 records) in years 1955-1971
- Bivalvia: Myidae (1 record) in year 1984
- Bivalvia: Mytilidae (51 records) in years 1944-1986
- Bivalvia: Noetiidae (1 record) in year 1972
- Bivalvia: Nuculidae (2 records) in years 1973-1981
- Bivalvia: Ostreidae (8 records) in years 1953-1966
- Bivalvia: Pandoridae (1 record) in year 1981
- Bivalvia: Pectinidae (16 records) in years 1950-1973
- Bivalvia: Periplomatidae (1 record) in year 1973
- Bivalvia: Pharidae (5 records) in years 1954-1973
- Bivalvia: Pholadidae (44 records) in years 1947-1986
- Bivalvia: Pinnidae (6 records) in years 1953-1966
- Bivalvia: Pisidiidae (7 records) in years 1953-1954
- Bivalvia: Placunidae (1 record) in year 1983
- Bivalvia: Plicatulidae (2 records) in years 1944-1966
- Bivalvia: Psammobiidae (3 records) in year 1954
- Bivalvia: Pteriidae (11 records) in years 1950-1983
- Bivalvia: Semelidae (5 records) in years 1950-1956
- Bivalvia: Solecurtidae (1 record) in year 1977
- Bivalvia: Solemyidae (4 records) in years 1970-1982
- Bivalvia: Spondylidae (1 record) in year 1956
- Bivalvia: Tellinidae (30 records) in years 1950-1980
- Bivalvia: Teredinidae (336 records) in years 1947-1987
- Bivalvia: Thraciidae (2 records) in year 1973
- Bivalvia: Unionidae (600 records) in years 1946-1986
- Bivalvia: Veneridae (43 records) in years 1945-1981
- Bivalvia: Vesicomyidae (2 records) in years 1979-1982
- Bivalvia: Xylophagaidae (1 record) in year 1965
- Bivalvia: [no family] (4 records) in years 1970-1978
- Cephalopoda: Spirulidae (2 records) in years 1947-1956
- Cestoda: [no family] (2 records) in years 1958-1984
- Cirripedia: Lepadidae (2 records) in year 1983
- Cirripedia: [no family] (12 records) in years 1967-1972
- Echinoidea: Echinidae (1 record) in year 1977
- Gastropoda: Acavidae (1 record) in year 1956
- Gastropoda: Achatinidae (2 records) none known to year
- Gastropoda: Acmaeidae (15 records) in years 1956-1983
- Gastropoda: Amnicolidae (5 records) in years 1946-1955
- Gastropoda: Ampullariidae (18 records) in years 1953-1954
- Gastropoda: Ancylidae (4 records) in year 1954
- Gastropoda: Aporrhaidae (1 record) in year 1958
- Gastropoda: Architectonicidae (3 records) in years 1950-1964
- Gastropoda: Assimineidae (1 record) in year 1956
- Gastropoda: Batillariidae (6 records) in years 1950-1972
- Gastropoda: Buccinidae (14 records) in years 1901-1981
- Gastropoda: Bulimulidae (17 records) in year 1956
- Gastropoda: Bullidae (2 records) in year 1966
- Gastropoda: Bursidae (4 records) in years 1956-1981
- Gastropoda: Busyconidae (2 records) in year 1953
- Gastropoda: Calliostomatidae (4 records) in years 1950-1953
- Gastropoda: Calyptraeidae (34 records) in years 1953-1978
- Gastropoda: Camaenidae (5 records) in years 1956-1957
- Gastropoda: Cassidae (7 records) in years 1950-1966
- Gastropoda: Cepolidae (1 record) in year 1950
- Gastropoda: Cerastidae (1 record) none known to year
- Gastropoda: Cerionidae (28 records) in years 1950-1963
- Gastropoda: Cerithiidae (9 records) in years 1950-1973
- Gastropoda: Cerithiopsidae (1 record) in year 1956
- Gastropoda: Cionellidae (8 records) in years 1949-1973
- Gastropoda: Clausiliidae (1 record) in year 1956
- Gastropoda: Colloniidae (1 record) in year 1978
- Gastropoda: Columbellidae (25 records) in years 1955-1981
- Gastropoda: Conidae (8 records) in years 1950-1964
- Gastropoda: Crepidulidae (1 record) in year 1972
- Gastropoda: Cymatiidae (1 record) in year 1956
- Gastropoda: Cypraeidae (8 records) in years 1950-1966
- Gastropoda: Discidae (36 records) in years 1944-1964
- Gastropoda: Discodorididae (1 record) in year 1971
- Gastropoda: Ellobiidae (25 records) in years 1951-1985
- Gastropoda: Epitoniidae (7 records) in years 1950-1973
- Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae (14 records) in years 1950-1966
- Gastropoda: Fissurellidae (11 records) in years 1950-1966
- Gastropoda: Gastrodontidae (39 records) in years 1946-1973
- Gastropoda: Haminoeidae (1 record) in year 1961
- Gastropoda: Haplotrematidae (16 records) in years 1953-1956
- Gastropoda: Harpidae (4 records) in years 1956-1973
- Gastropoda: Helicellidae (5 records) in year 1958
- Gastropoda: Helicidae (11 records) in year 1958
- Gastropoda: Helicinidae (10 records) in years 1950-1953
- Gastropoda: Helicodiscidae (3 records) in years 1948-1955
- Gastropoda: Helminthoglyptidae (17 records) in years 1950-1956
- Gastropoda: Hipponicidae (4 records) in years 1957-1972
- Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae (13 records) in years 1948-1981
- Gastropoda: Juliidae (1 record) in year 1967
- Gastropoda: Limacidae (2 records) in year 1973
- Gastropoda: Littorinidae (103 records) in years 1950-1983
- Gastropoda: Lottidae (4 records) in years 1956-1966
- Gastropoda: Lottiidae (12 records) in years 1951-1973
- Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae (8 records) in years 1953-1958
- Gastropoda: Margaritidae (2 records) in year 1973
- Gastropoda: Marginellidae (3 records) in years 1929-1956
- Gastropoda: Megalomastomidae (10 records) in years 1949-1956
- Gastropoda: Melongenidae (11 records) in years 1950-1956
- Gastropoda: Mitridae (2 records) in year 1950
- Gastropoda: Modulidae (2 records) in years 1956-1972
- Gastropoda: Muricidae (76 records) in years 1944-1982
- Gastropoda: Nassariidae (17 records) in years 1951-1981
- Gastropoda: Naticidae (23 records) in years 1901-1973
- Gastropoda: Neritidae (102 records) in years 1948-1979
- Gastropoda: Olividae (5 records) in years 1950-1966
- Gastropoda: Orthalicidae (10 records) in years 1950-1981
- Gastropoda: Ovulidae (3 records) in years 1956-1966
- Gastropoda: Patellidae (5 records) in years 1958-1971
- Gastropoda: Personidae (1 record) in year 1956
- Gastropoda: Phasianellidae (1 record) in year 1956
- Gastropoda: Philinidae (1 record) in year 1973
- Gastropoda: Philomycidae (2 records) in years 1953-1954
- Gastropoda: Physidae (45 records) in years 1946-1964
- Gastropoda: Pisaniidae (4 records) in years 1950-1966
- Gastropoda: Planaxidae (6 records) in years 1956-1971
- Gastropoda: Planorbidae (14 records) in years 1946-1958
- Gastropoda: Pleuroceridae (116 records) in years 1951-1964
- Gastropoda: Polygyridae (86 records) in years 1943-1964
- Gastropoda: Pomatiopsidae (4 records) in years 1951-1953
- Gastropoda: Potamididae (4 records) in years 1953-1972
- Gastropoda: Pupillidae (1 record) in year 1956
- Gastropoda: Pyramidellidae (2 records) in years 1967-1973
- Gastropoda: Ranellidae (13 records) in years 1950-1971
- Gastropoda: Rissoidae (1 record) none known to year
- Gastropoda: Scaphandridae (2 records) in years 1958-1973
- Gastropoda: Siphonariidae (1 record) in year 1961
- Gastropoda: Sphaeriidae (3 records) in year 1953
- Gastropoda: Spiraxidae (8 records) in years 1953-1956
- Gastropoda: Streptaxidae (1 record) none known to year
- Gastropoda: Strobilopsidae (2 records) in years 1948-1955
- Gastropoda: Strombidae (9 records) in years 1956-1970
- Gastropoda: Subulinidae (7 records) in year 1956
- Gastropoda: Succineidae (23 records) in years 1946-1955
- Gastropoda: Tegulidae (6 records) in years 1950-1966
- Gastropoda: Thiaridae (5 records) in years 1970-1971
- Gastropoda: Tonnidae (4 records) in years 1950-1956
- Gastropoda: Tornatinidae (1 record) in year 1973
- Gastropoda: Tricoliidae (3 records) in years 1956-1961
- Gastropoda: Triphoridae (1 record) in year 1950
- Gastropoda: Triviidae (6 records) in years 1950-1981
- Gastropoda: Trochidae (19 records) in years 1950-1973
- Gastropoda: Turbinellidae (2 records) in year 1964
- Gastropoda: Turbinidae (21 records) in years 1950-1972
- Gastropoda: Turbonillidae (1 record) in year 1950
- Gastropoda: Turridae (1 record) in year 1966
- Gastropoda: Turritellidae (4 records) in years 1956-1974
- Gastropoda: Urocoptidae (5 records) in years 1950-1956
- Gastropoda: Velutinidae (1 record) in year 1957
- Gastropoda: Viviparidae (112 records) in years 1948-1979
- Gastropoda: Xanthonychidae (8 records) in year 1956
- Gastropoda: Xenophoridae (1 record) in year 1956
- Gastropoda: Zonitidae (24 records) in years 1946-1964
- Gastropoda: [no family] (2 records) in year 1978
- Holothuroidea: Psychropotidae (3 records) in years 1973-1978
- Malacostraca: Caprellidae (2 records) in year 1978
- Malacostraca: Cirolanidae (2 records) in years 1978-1983
- Malacostraca: Limnoriidae (4 records) in years 1970-1972
- Malacostraca: Majidae (1 record) in year 1986
- Malacostraca: Melitidae (1 record) in year 1983
- Malacostraca: Nototanaidae (1 record) in year 1969
- Malacostraca: Ocypodidae (1 record) in year 1970
- Malacostraca: Portunidae (1 record) in year 1986
- Malacostraca: Sphaeromatidae (6 records) in years 1982-1986
- Malacostraca: Xanthidae (1 record) none known to year
- Malacostraca: [no family] (16 records) in years 1962-1983
- Maxillopoda: Clausiidae (2 records) in year 1971
- Maxillopoda: [no family] (1 record) none known to year
- Merostomata: Limulidae (1 record) in year 1953
- Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae (1 record) in year 1959
- Ophiuroidea: Ophiocomidae (1 record) in year 1966
- Osteichthyes: Blenniidae (2 records) in year 1986
- Osteichthyes: Microdesmidae (2 records) in years 1971-1986
- Osteichthyes: Pholidae (1 record) in year 1978
- Osteichthys: Osphronemidae (1 record) none known to year
- Ostracoda: [no family] (1 record) in year 1983
- Polychaeta: Acrocirridae (35 records) none known to year
- Polychaeta: Ampharetidae (28 records) none known to year
- Polychaeta: Amphinomidae (32 records) in year 1984
- Polychaeta: Capitellidae (44 records) in years 1977-1985
- Polychaeta: Chaetopteridae (2 records) none known to year
- Polychaeta: Chrysopetalidae (48 records) none known to year
- Polychaeta: Cirratulidae (18 records) in year 1969
- Polychaeta: Dorvilleidae (103 records) none known to year
- Polychaeta: Eunicidae (3 records) in year 1969
- Polychaeta: Fauveliopsidae (1 record) none known to year
- Polychaeta: Glyceridae (22 records) in year 1978
- Polychaeta: Hesionidae (108 records) in year 1978
- Polychaeta: Lacydoniidae (16 records) none known to year
- Polychaeta: Lumbrineridae (1 record) in year 1966
- Polychaeta: Maldanidae (40 records) none known to year
- Polychaeta: Nereididae (76 records) in years 78-1987
- Polychaeta: Nerillidae (12 records) none known to year
- Polychaeta: Oenonidae (4 records) in years 1976-1978
- Polychaeta: Onuphidae (1 record) none known to year
- Polychaeta: Opheliidae (26 records) none known to year
- Polychaeta: Orbiniidae (7 records) in years 1969-1978
- Polychaeta: Paraonidae (2 records) none known to year
- Polychaeta: Phyllodocidae (53 records) none known to year
- Polychaeta: Polynoidae (45 records) in years 78-1985
- Polychaeta: Sabellidae (3 records) in year 1976
- Polychaeta: Serpulidae (44 records) in years 1976-1984
- Polychaeta: Sigalionidae (2 records) none known to year
- Polychaeta: Sphaerodoridae (9 records) none known to year
- Polychaeta: Spionidae (63 records) in years 1970-1976
- Polychaeta: Spirorbidae (1 record) in year 78
- Polychaeta: Syllidae (21 records) in years 1969-1980
- Polychaeta: Terebellidae (15 records) in years 1969-1978
- Polychaeta: [no family] (1 record) in year 1985
- Polyplacophora: Acanthochitonidae (2 records) in year 1966
- Polyplacophora: Callistoplacidae (1 record) in year 1966
- Polyplacophora: Chitonidae (9 records) in years 1952-1966
- Polyplacophora: Ischnochitonidae (3 records) in years 1957-1966
- Polyplacophora: Tonicellidae (2 records) in year 1951
- Polyplacophora: [no family] (13 records) in years 1957-1971
- Reptilia: Kinosternidae (1 record) in year 1952
- Turbellaria: [no family] (5 records) in years 1983-1986
- Ulvophyceae: Caulerpaceae (1 record) in year 1967
- : Unionidae (2 records) in year 1954
- : [no family] (273 records) in years 1951-1993
- Not a preparator of any material in MCZbase
- 72 identifications for 69 Malacology cataloged items
- 1 identifications for 1 Invertebrate Zoology cataloged items
- None
- Turner, R. D. 1960. Land shells of Navassa Island, West Indies. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 122(5):231–244. 3 citations
- Turner, R. D. 1959. The genera Hemitoma and Diodora in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 3(39):334–344.
- Turner, R. D. 1956. Additions to the Pholadidae - Part II. Johnsonia 3(35): 188.
- Turner, R. D. 1958. The genus Hemitrochus in Puerto Rico. Occasional Papers on Mollusks 2(22):153–178. 3 citations
- Turner, R. D. 1958. 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. Occasional Papers on Mollusks 2(22):179–180.
- Turner, R. D. 1962. Nettastomella japonica Yokoyama in North America and notes on the Pholadidae. Occasional Papers on Mollusks 2(28):289–308.
- Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1950. The genera Sthenorytis, Cirsotrema, Acirsa, Opalia and Amaea in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 2(29):221–246. 8 citations
- Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1951. The genus Epitonium in the Western Atlantic Part I. Johnsonia 2(30):249–287. 3 citations
- Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1948. A catalogue of the family Truncatellidae with notes and descriptions of new species. Occasional Papers on Mollusks 1(13):157–212. 80 citations
- Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1962. Monographs of the Genera Papustyla, Forcartia and Melliobba (Papuininae: Camaneidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 1(6):2–33. 1 citation
- Turner, R. D. 1964. Review of Fauna und Flora der Adria by Rupert Riedl 1963. Johnsonia 4(43): 180.
- Turner, R. D. 1953. Recent works on the marine mollusks of Argentina. Johnsonia 2(32): 380.
- Turner, R. D. 1946. John Gould Anthony with a bibliography and catalogue of his species. Occasional Papers on Mollusks 1(8):81–108. 212 citations
- Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1960. The genus Calliostoma in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 4(40):1–80. 31 citations
- Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1956. The family Melongenidae in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 3(35):161–188. 3 citations
- Turner, R. D. 1954. Review of Carcelles, Alberto R. 1953: Catalogo de la Malacofauna Antarctica Argentina. Johnsonia 3(33): 64.
- Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1970. The family Volutidae in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 4(48):369–372.
- Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1954. Merrill E. Champion. Occasional Papers on Mollusks 1:iii–v.
- Marshall, J. V. and R. D. Turner. 1974. Survey of Marine Borers 1970–1972. The family Teredinidae in Australian waters. CSIRO Project P5–11. The University of New South Wales Project 12–045–15. 158 pp. 3 citations
- Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1950. The western Atlantic marine mollusks described by C.B. Adams. Occasional Papers on Mollusks 1(15):233–403. 275 citations
- Turner, R. D. 2002. On the subfamily Xylophagainae (family Pholadidae, Bivalva, Mollusca). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 157(4):223–308. 32 citations
- Turner, R. D. and J. L. McKoy. 1979. Bankia neztalia n.sp. (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Teredinidae) from Australia and New Zealand, and its relationships. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 9(4):465–473. 2 citations
- Turner, R. D. 1962. Review of British Prosobranch Molluscs, their functional anatomy and ecology, by Vera Fretter and Alastair Graham, 1962. Johnsonia 4(41): 116.
- Turner, R. D. 1959. The genera Amaea and Epitonium in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 3(39):344–346.
- Turner, R. D. 1950. Review of Sullivan, M. Charlotte 1948: Bivalve larvae of Malpeque Bay. Johnsonia 2(29): 248.
- Turner, R. D. 1959. Henry A. Pilsbry. Johnsonia 3:ii–iv.
- Turner, R. D. 1951. 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. Occasional Papers on Mollusks 1(16):410–411.
- Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1948. The genus Truncatella in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 2(25):149–164. 14 citations
- Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1957. The family Cymatiidae in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 3(36):189–244. 8 citations
- Rosewater, J. and R. D. Turner. 1958. The family Pinnidae in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 3(38):285–326.
- Turner, R. D. 1947. Review of Johnson, Charles W. 1934: List of the Mollusca of the Atlantic Coast from Labrador to Texas. Johnsonia 2(23): 92.
- Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1953. The genera Epitonium, Opalis and Cylindriscala in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 2(32):361–363. 1 citation
- Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1967. A new species of Lyria (Volutidae) from Hispanola. The Nautilus 80:83–87. 1 citation
- Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1952. The genera Epitonium (part 2), Depressiscala, Cylindriscala, Nystiella and Solutiscala in the western Atlantic. Johnsonia 2(31):289–356. 12 citations
- Turner, R. D. 1955. The family Pholadidae in the Western Atlantic and the Eastern Pacific. Part II - Martesiinae, Jouannetiinae and Xylophaginae. Johnsonia 3(34):65–160. 11 citations
- Turner, R. D. 1956. The Eastern Pacific Marine Mollusks Described by C.B. Adams. Occasional Papers on Mollusks 2(20):21–136. 221 citations
- Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1946. The genus Bankia in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 2(19):1–28. 54 citations
- Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1956. Freshwater mollusks of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida from the Escambia to the Suwannee River. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 1(3):99–239. 30 citations
- Boss, K. J. and R. D. Turner. 1980. The giant white clam from the Galapagos Rift, Calyptogena magnifica species novum. Malacologia 20(1):161–194. 1 citation
- Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1964. The subfamilies Volutinae, Zidoninae, Odontocymbiolinae and Calliotectinae in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 4(43):129–180. 13 citations
- Turner, R. D. 1948. The family Tonnidae in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 2(26):165–192. 6 citations
- Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1954. Review number and index. Occasional Papers on Mollusks 1(18):441–452.
- Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1965. Dr. Joseph C. Bequaert. Occasional Papers on Mollusks 2:iii–ix.
- Turner, R. D. and L. N. Santhakumaran. 1989. The Genera Martesia and Lignopholas in the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pholadidae). Ophelia 30(3):155–186. 17 citations
- Turner, R.D.. 1972. Xyloredo, a new teredinid-like abyssal wood-borer (Mollusca, Pholadidae, Xylophagainae). Breviora (397):1-19 10 citations
- Turner, R. D. 1954. The family Pholadidae in the Western Atlantic and the Eastern Pacific. Part I - Pholadinae. Johnsonia 3(33):1–63. 2 citations
- Turner, R. D. 1958. The works of Georgius Everhardus Rumphius 1626-1693. Johnsonia 3(38):326–327.
- Turner, R. D. 1949. Review of Hirase, S., 1934: A collection of Japanese shells with illustrations in natural color. Tokyo, Japan, 217 pp., 129 plates. Occasional Papers on Mollusks 1(14): 232.
- Turner, R. D. 1949. 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. Occasional Papers on Mollusks 1(14): 231.
- Turner, R. D. 1957. Charles Johnson Maynard and his work in malacology. Occasional Papers on Mollusks 2(21):137–152.
- Boss, K. J. and R. D. Turner. 1962. The genus Lithophaga in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 4(41):81–116.
- Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1955. The North American genus Lioplax in the family Viviparidae. Occasional Papers on Mollusks 2(19):1–20. 6 citations
- Turner, R.D. 1966. A survey and illustrated catalogue of the Teredinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Special Publication. 265pp. 63 citations
- Turner, R. D. 1951. 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. Occasional Papers on Mollusks 1(16):411–412.
- Turner, R. D. 1959. Notes on the genus Taheitia (Truncatellidae) in New Guinea with the description of a new species). Occasional Papers on Mollusks 2(23):181–188. 1 citation
- Turner, R. D. 1949. Review of Edmondson, H. H., 1933: Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Occasional Papers on Mollusks 1(14):231–232.
- Turner, R. D. 1961. 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. Occasional Papers on Mollusks 2(26): 260.
- Turner, R. D. 1947. Review of Johnson, Charles W. 1915: Fauna of New England, list of Mollusca. Johnsonia 2(23): 92.
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