Shintarō Hirase

Shintarō Hirase

Shintarō Hirase
Born (1884-02-28)February 28, 1884[1]
Awaji Island, Japan
Died September 9, 1939(1939-09-09) (aged 55)[1]
Tokyo, Japan
Fields malacology

Shintarō Hirase (平瀬 信太郎 Hirase Shintarō, February 28, 1884 September 9, 1939)[1] was a Japanese malacologist. His father, Yoichirō Hirase, (18591925) was also a malacologist.[1]

Shintarō Hirase was a teaching zoologist at Seikei College.[1]

Collection

From the collection of Shintarō Hirase and much more valuable collection by his father Yoichirō Hirase have survived only about 30% with about 5000 specimen.[2] Majority of the collection was destroyed by incendiary bombs in the house of Shintarō Hirase[2] and in the Research Institute for Natural Resources in Tokyo during bombing of Tokyo.[2] The collection have been stored in the Research Institute for Natural Resources in Tokyo in 1948.[2]

Bibliography

His works include:[1]

Taxa described

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Winckworth R. (1946). "Shintaro Hirase, 1884-1939". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 27(1): 1. PDF. (subscription required)
  2. 1 2 3 4 Clench W. J. (1948). "The Hirase collections of mollusks". The Nautilus 62(1): 34-35.
  3. 1 2 (Japanese) Hirase S. (1936) "三崎産後鰓類の2新種に就て On Two New Opisthobranciata from Japan". Doubutsugaku zasshi 48(8-10): 731-737. CiNii.
  4. Rudman W. B. (1972). "A comparative study of the genus Philinopsis Pease, 1860 (Aglajidae, Opisthobranchia)". Pacific Science 26(4): 381-399. https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/443
  5. Bouchet, P. (2010). Babylonia kirana Habe, 1965. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=475115 on 2011-03-13
  6. Huber, M. (2010). Crassostrea nippona. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506708 on 2011-03-13
  7. Citation: WoRMS (2010). Xenophora (Xenophora) tenuis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=468044 on 2011-03-13

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