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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- husband of Cecelia Abbott
- student of William J. Clench
- Cecelia Abbott wife of Robert Tucker Abbott
- Mala (1995 records) in years 1928-1981
- IZ (24 records) in years 1936-1963
- Ent (16 records) in year 1941
- Ich (10 records) in years 1936-1946
- Herp (2 records) in year 1940
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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
- Not a preparator of any material in MCZbase
- 5 identifications for 5 Malacology cataloged items
- 1 identifications for 1 Invertebrate Zoology cataloged items
- None
- Abbott, R. T. 1945. A new Celebes freshwater snail (Hydrobiinae). Occasional Papers on Mollusks 1(1):1–4. 3 citations
- Abbott, R. T. and W. J. Clench. 1942. The genera Tectarius and Echininus in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 1(4):1–4.
- Clench, W. J. and R. T. Abbott. 1945. The genus Strombus in the western Atlantic. Johnsonia 1(18): 1.
- Abbott, R. T. 1959. The family Vasidae in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(1):15–32. 1 citation
- Abbott, R. T. 1955. The Titian R. Peale shell collection. The Nautilus 68(4):123–126. 1 citation
- Abbott, R. T. and W. J. Clench. 1943. The genera Gaza and Livona in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 1(12):1–9. 3 citations
- Abbott, R. T. 1945. The Philippine intermediate snail host (Schistosomophora quadrasi) of schistosomiasis. Occasional Papers on Mollusks 1(2):5–16.
- Abbott, R. T. 1946. The egg and breeding habits of Oncomelania quadrasi Mlldff., the Schistosomiasis snail of the Philippines. Occasional Papers on Mollusks 1(6):41–48.
- Abbott, R. T. 1974. American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp. 4 citations
- Abbott, R. T. 1950. The genera Xancus and Vasum in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 2(28):201–219.
- Abbott, R. T. 1950. The genus Cyclostrema in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 2(27):193–200. 1 citation
- Abbott, R. T. 1949. New Syncerid mollusks from the Marianas Islands (Gastropoda, Prosobranchiata, Synceridae). Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History 19(15):261–274. 17 citations
- Clench, W. J. and R. T. Abbott. 1941. The genus Strombus in the western Atlantic. Johnsonia 1(1):1–16. 5 citations
- Abbott, R. T. 1949. A NEW FLORIDA SPECIES OF THE TECTIBRANCH GENUS PLEUROBRANCHUS. The Nautilus 62(3):73–78. 1 citation
- Abbott, R. T. 1961. The genus Lambis in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(3):147–174. 1 citation
- Abbott, R. T. and H. S. Ladd. 1951. A new brackish-water gastropod from Texas (Amnicolidae: Littoridina). Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41(10):335–338. 1 citation
- Abbott, R. T. 1968. The Helmet shells of the world (Cassidae). Part 1. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 2(9):7–201. 2 citations
- Abbott, R. T. 1951. New deep-water Olivellas from Florida, with notes on the O. jaspidea-nivea complex. The Nautilus 64(4):110–116. 3 citations
- Abbott, R. T. 1948. Handbook of medically important mollusks of the Orient and the western Pacific. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 100(3):243–328.
- Abbott, R. T. and W. J. Clench. 1943. The genera Cypraecassis, Morum, Sconsia and Dalium in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 1(9):1–8.
- Abbott, R. T. 1986. Cantharus multangulus new subspecies grandanus from northwest Florida (Buccinidae). The Nautilus 100(4):120–121. 1 citation
- Abbott, R. T. 1943. Collecting localities: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Johnsonia 1(12):10–11.
- Abbott, R. T. 1950. Voyages of the “Eolis”. Johnsonia 2(28):219–220.
- Abbott, R. T. 1944. The genus Modulus in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 1(14):1–6.