Joshua Alder

This article is about the zoologist. For Joshua Allder (1838–1904), founder of the Croydon department store, see Allders.
Joshua Alder
Born (1792-04-07)7 April 1792
Newcastle upon Tyne
Died 21 January 1867(1867-01-21) (aged 74)
Citizenship British
Fields zoologist

Joshua Alder (7 April 1792 – 21 January 1867)[1] was a British zoologist and a malacologist. He specialized in the Tunicata, and in gastropods.

He was a Member of the Natural History Society of Northumberland and Durham.

Bibliography

Plate from British Tunicata

Taxa described

Names or synonyms of tunicates described by Joshua Alder include:[2]

Taxa of gastropods described by Joshua Alder include:

References

  1. Coan E. V., Kabat A. R. & Petit R. E. (15 February 2009). 2,400 years of malacology, 6th ed., 830 pp. + 32 pp. [Annex of Collations]. American Malacological Society.
  2. Joshua Alder. Accessed 14 February 2009.

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