Robert Tucker Abbott* (1919-09-28 - 1995-11-03) person

Concologist from Massachusetts. Student of William J. Clench at Harvard; received Master's and PhD from George Washington University. Served as Assistant Curator and Associate Curator of the Department of Mollusks at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Studied schistosomiasis during World War II. Later founding director of the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum on Sanibel Island.

Names for this agent

  • Robert Tucker Abbott
  • Robert Tucker Abbott (preferred)
  • Tucker Abbott (aka)
  • R. Tucker Abbott (aka)
  • Abbott, R. T. (author)
  • R. T. Abbott (second author)

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Collecting Event Map

  • Anthozoa: Pocilloporidae (1 record) in year 1941
  • Arachnida: Hemiscorpionidae (1 record) in year 1940
  • Asteroidea: Archasteridae (1 record) in year 1940
  • Bivalvia: Anatinellidae (4 records) in years 1942-1944
  • Bivalvia: Anomiidae (5 records) in years 1942-1946
  • Bivalvia: Arcidae (26 records) in years 1941-1950
  • Bivalvia: Cardiidae (41 records) in years 1941-1946
  • Bivalvia: Carditidae (1 record) in year 1946
  • Bivalvia: Chamidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Condylocardiidae (1 record) in year 1946
  • Bivalvia: Corbiculidae (1 record) in year 1940
  • Bivalvia: Corbulidae (1 record) in year 1946
  • Bivalvia: Donacidae (12 records) in years 1940-1963
  • Bivalvia: Dreissenidae (1 record) in year 1943
  • Bivalvia: Glycymerididae (2 records) in year 1943
  • Bivalvia: Hemidonacidae (2 records) in years 1945-1950
  • Bivalvia: Isognomonidae (2 records) in years 1943-1944
  • Bivalvia: Laternulidae (1 record) in year 1945
  • Bivalvia: Limidae (12 records) in years 1936-1946
  • Bivalvia: Lucinidae (17 records) in years 1942-1946
  • Bivalvia: Mactridae (9 records) in years 1942-1945
  • Bivalvia: Margaritidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Mesodesmatidae (8 records) in years 1940-1946
  • Bivalvia: Myidae (2 records) in year 1945
  • Bivalvia: Mytilidae (19 records) in years 1941-1950
  • Bivalvia: Nuculidae (1 record) in year 1946
  • Bivalvia: Ostreidae (3 records) in years 1942-1946
  • Bivalvia: Pandoridae (1 record) in year 1946
  • Bivalvia: Pectinidae (27 records) in years 1940-1946
  • Bivalvia: Petricolidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Pharidae (1 record) in year 1942
  • Bivalvia: Pholadidae (1 record) in year 1942
  • Bivalvia: Pinnidae (13 records) in years 1940-1945
  • Bivalvia: Placunidae (2 records) in year 1945
  • Bivalvia: Plicatulidae (1 record) in year 1942
  • Bivalvia: Propeamussidae (2 records) in year 1945
  • Bivalvia: Psammobiidae (6 records) in year 1943
  • Bivalvia: Pteriidae (2 records) in year 1943
  • Bivalvia: Sanguinolariidae (4 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Semelidae (3 records) in years 1944-1946
  • Bivalvia: Solecurtidae (2 records) in year 1942
  • Bivalvia: Sphaeriidae (2 records) in year 1939
  • Bivalvia: Spondylidae (5 records) in years 1944-1946
  • Bivalvia: Tellinidae (43 records) in years 1940-1946
  • Bivalvia: Trapezidae (1 record) in year 1946
  • Bivalvia: Tridacnidae (7 records) in year 1950
  • Bivalvia: Ungulinidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Unionidae (51 records) in years 1937-1958
  • Bivalvia: Veneridae (31 records) in years 1941-1946
  • Cephalopoda: Nautilidae (6 records) in years 1940-1945
  • Cephalopoda: Octopodidae (1 record) in year 1940
  • Cephalopoda: Sepiidae (3 records) in years 1940-1945
  • Cephalopoda: Spirulidae (2 records) in years 1943-1946
  • Echinoidea: Brissidae (1 record) in year 1943
  • Echinoidea: Cidaridae (1 record) in year 1936
  • Echinoidea: Echinometridae (1 record) in year 1943
  • Enteropneusta: Ptychoderidae (1 record) in year 1936
  • Gastropoda: Achatinellidae (1 record) in year 1940
  • Gastropoda: Achatinidae (4 records) in years 1946-1950
  • Gastropoda: Acmaeidae (2 records) in years 1943-1946
  • Gastropoda: Amnicolidae (4 records) in year 1946
  • Gastropoda: Ampullariidae (6 records) in year 1945
  • Gastropoda: Annulariidae (6 records) in years 1943-1944
  • Gastropoda: Architectonicidae (9 records) in years 1941-1946
  • Gastropoda: Ariophantidae (3 records) in year 1940
  • Gastropoda: Assimineidae (43 records) in years 1940-1945
  • Gastropoda: Batillariidae (2 records) in year 1940
  • Gastropoda: Bradybaenidae (4 records) in years 1945-1958
  • Gastropoda: Buccinidae (1 record) in year 1958
  • Gastropoda: Bulimulidae (4 records) in years 1940-1944
  • Gastropoda: Bullidae (9 records) in years 1943-1950
  • Gastropoda: Bursidae (4 records) in year 1950
  • Gastropoda: Calliostomatidae (2 records) in year 1946
  • Gastropoda: Calyptraeidae (4 records) in years 1942-1946
  • Gastropoda: Camaenidae (3 records) in years 1943-1944
  • Gastropoda: Cancellariidae (1 record) in year 1946
  • Gastropoda: Cassidae (36 records) in years 1941-1950
  • Gastropoda: Cepolidae (3 records) in year 1943
  • Gastropoda: Cerionidae (1 record) in year 1946
  • Gastropoda: Cerithiidae (20 records) in years 1941-1950
  • Gastropoda: Cerithiopsidae (1 record) in year 1943
  • Gastropoda: Charopidae (6 records) in years 1940-1945
  • Gastropoda: Cionellidae (3 records) in year 1939
  • Gastropoda: Colubrariidae (2 records) in year 1943
  • Gastropoda: Columbellidae (11 records) in years 1943-1967
  • Gastropoda: Conidae (117 records) in years 1940-1963
  • Gastropoda: Coralliophilidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Costellariidae (4 records) in year 1944
  • Gastropoda: Cymatiidae (2 records) in year 1946
  • Gastropoda: Cypraeidae (165 records) in years 1940-1950
  • Gastropoda: Diapheridae (2 records) in years 1940-1945
  • Gastropoda: Diplommatinidae (9 records) in years 1940-1945
  • Gastropoda: Discidae (11 records) in years 1937-1941
  • Gastropoda: Ellobiidae (8 records) in years 1940-1945
  • Gastropoda: Epitoniidae (1 record) in year 1943
  • Gastropoda: Euconulidae (43 records) in years 1940-1945
  • Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae (30 records) in years 1940-1963
  • Gastropoda: Ferussaciidae (2 records) in year 1945
  • Gastropoda: Ficidae (1 record) in year 1942
  • Gastropoda: Fissurellidae (33 records) in years 1940-1966
  • Gastropoda: Hamineidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Haplotrematidae (3 records) in years 1936-1940
  • Gastropoda: Harpidae (6 records) in years 1943-1946
  • Gastropoda: Helicinidae (66 records) in years 1928-1943
  • Gastropoda: Helminthoglyptidae (2 records) in years 1943-1944
  • Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae (8 records) in year 1945
  • Gastropoda: Hydrocenidae (4 records) in year 1945
  • Gastropoda: Hygromiidae (3 records) in years 1939-1946
  • Gastropoda: Janthinidae (1 record) in year 1945
  • Gastropoda: Liottidae (1 record) in year 1946
  • Gastropoda: Littorinidae (23 records) in years 1939-1946
  • Gastropoda: Lottiidae (2 records) in year 1943
  • Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae (19 records) in years 1939-1946
  • Gastropoda: Maizaniidae (1 record) in year 1950
  • Gastropoda: Marginellidae (3 records) in years 1946-1963
  • Gastropoda: Melanatriidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Melongenidae (5 records) in years 1942-1950
  • Gastropoda: Mitridae (12 records) in years 1941-1944
  • Gastropoda: Modulidae (2 records) in years 1945-1946
  • Gastropoda: Muricidae (57 records) in years 1940-1963
  • Gastropoda: Nassariidae (3 records) in years 1939-1958
  • Gastropoda: Naticidae (33 records) in years 1940-1950
  • Gastropoda: Neocyclotidae (13 records) in year 1941
  • Gastropoda: Neritidae (51 records) in years 1940-1950
  • Gastropoda: Olividae (7 records) in years 1940-1950
  • Gastropoda: Ovulidae (7 records) in years 1936-1943
  • Gastropoda: Partulidae (107 records) in years 1941-1945
  • Gastropoda: Patellidae (3 records) in year 1940
  • Gastropoda: Personidae (1 record) in year 1940
  • Gastropoda: Phasianellidae (3 records) in year 1946
  • Gastropoda: Physidae (5 records) in years 1939-1946
  • Gastropoda: Planaxidae (6 records) in years 1940-1950
  • Gastropoda: Planorbidae (13 records) in years 1939-1946
  • Gastropoda: Pleuroceridae (5 records) in years 1939-1945
  • Gastropoda: Polygyridae (17 records) in years 1939-1946
  • Gastropoda: Pomatiopsidae (19 records) in years 1940-1945
  • Gastropoda: Potamididae (5 records) in years 1945-1958
  • Gastropoda: Pupillidae (6 records) in years 1941-1945
  • Gastropoda: Pyramidellidae (6 records) in years 1941-1946
  • Gastropoda: Ranellidae (31 records) in years 1940-1946
  • Gastropoda: Rissoidae (1 record) in year 1946
  • Gastropoda: Rostellariidae (1 record) in year 1945
  • Gastropoda: Sagdidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Septariidae (14 records) in years 1940-1945
  • Gastropoda: Siphonariidae (2 records) in years 1941-1945
  • Gastropoda: Spiraxidae (2 records) in year 1945
  • Gastropoda: Stenothyridae (2 records) in year 1945
  • Gastropoda: Stomatellidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Strombidae (64 records) in years 1940-1950
  • Gastropoda: Subulinidae (71 records) in years 1940-1945
  • Gastropoda: Succineidae (22 records) in years 1940-1945
  • Gastropoda: Tegulidae (7 records) in years 1943-1946
  • Gastropoda: Terebridae (26 records) in year 1950
  • Gastropoda: Thiaridae (39 records) in years 1940-1981
  • Gastropoda: Tonnidae (11 records) in years 1941-1946
  • Gastropoda: Tricoliidae (5 records) in years 1943-1946
  • Gastropoda: Triphoridae (4 records) in year 1943
  • Gastropoda: Triviidae (6 records) in years 1943-1946
  • Gastropoda: Trochidae (13 records) in years 1929-1963
  • Gastropoda: Trochomorphidae (25 records) in years 1940-1941
  • Gastropoda: Truncatellidae (5 records) in years 1940-1946
  • Gastropoda: Turbinidae (19 records) in years 1940-1946
  • Gastropoda: Turbonillidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Turridae (6 records) in years 1941-1956
  • Gastropoda: Turritellidae (3 records) in years 1944-1945
  • Gastropoda: Urocoptidae (5 records) in years 1943-1944
  • Gastropoda: Valvatidae (1 record) in year 1949
  • Gastropoda: Vasidae (5 records) in years 1945-1950
  • Gastropoda: Viviparidae (14 records) in years 1939-1946
  • Gastropoda: Volutidae (4 records) in years 1941-1945
  • Gastropoda: Xenophoridae (2 records) in year 1943
  • Gastropoda: Zonitidae (4 records) in years 1939-1950
  • Gastropoda: [no family] (1 record) in year 1940
  • Insecta: Nymphalidae (12 records) in year 1941
  • Insecta: Papilionidae (1 record) in year 1941
  • Insecta: Pieridae (3 records) in year 1941
  • Malacostraca: Alpheidae (4 records) in year 1941
  • Malacostraca: Gonodactylidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Grapsidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Hippolytidae (1 record) in year 1941
  • Malacostraca: Leucosiidae (1 record) in year 1942
  • Malacostraca: Trapeziidae (3 records) in year 1941
  • Malacostraca: Xanthidae (5 records) in year 1941
  • Osteichthyes: Belonidae (1 record) in year 1936
  • Osteichthyes: Carangidae (1 record) in year 1946
  • Osteichthyes: Eleotrididae (1 record) in year 1940
  • Osteichthyes: Gobiidae (2 records) in years 1941-1946
  • Osteichthyes: Syngnathidae (1 record) in year 1943
  • Osteichthyes: Trichiuridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthys: Channidae (1 record) in year 1946
  • Osteichthys: Exocoetidae (1 record) in year 1936
  • Phascolosomatidea: Aspidosiphonidae (1 record) in year 1963
  • Polyplacophora: Acanthochitonidae (1 record) in year 1943
  • Polyplacophora: Chitonidae (4 records) in year 1943
  • Polyplacophora: [no family] (5 records) in years 1940-1945
  • Reptilia: Gekkonidae (1 record) in year 1940
  • Reptilia: Scincidae (1 record) in year 1940
  • Scaphopoda: Dentaliidae (2 records) in year 1946
  • Scaphopoda: Gadilidae (1 record) in year 1946
  • : Antennariidae (1 record) in year 1936
  • : Bithyniidae (1 record) in year 1945
  • : [no family] (16 records) in years 1940-1945

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