Henry Augustus Pilsbry (* 7. Dezember 1862 in Iowa City (Iowa); † 26. Oktober 1957 in Lantana (Florida)) war ein US-amerikanischerBiologe, Malakologe und Karzinologe mit Interessen in weiteren Wissenschaftsgebieten. Er war mehr als ein halbes Jahrhundert lang in vielen Gebieten der Systematik der Wirbellosen eine außerordentlich präsente Figur.[1][2]
Den Großteil seiner Laufbahn galt seine Sachkenntnis in der Klassifikation wichtiger Gruppen von Organismen wie Rankenfüßer (Cirripedia),[3][4]Manteltiere (Tunica),[5][6]
nordamerikanischer Landweichtiere[7][8][9][10] und weiterer als unangefochten.
↑Baker,H.B.: "Henry Augustus Pilsbry 1862-1957"; Nautilus 71(3): 73-83; 1958; {A major source for this biography.]
↑Abbott,R.T. & Young,M.E. (eds.): 1973; "American Malacologists: A national register of professional and amateur malacologists and private shell collectors and biographies of early American mollusk workers born between 1618 and 1900"; American Malacologists, Falls Church, Virginia; Consolidated/Drake Press: Philadelphia, 494 pp.
↑Pilsbry,H.A.: 1907; "The Barnacles (Cirripedia) Contained in the Collections of the U.S. National Museum"; Bul. United States National Museum 60, 122 p.
↑Pilsbry,H.A.: 1916; "The Sessile Barnacles (Cirripedia) Contained in the Collections of the U.S. National Museum, including a monograph of the American species"; Bul. United States National Museum 93, 366 p.
↑Pilsbry,H.A.: 1892; "Manual of Conchology; structural and systematic. Vol. XIV. Polyplacophora (chitons). Lepidopleuridae, Ischnochitonidae, Chitonidae, Mopaliidae"; Philadelphia. 350 pp.
↑Pilsbry,H.A.: 1893; "Manual of Conchology; structural and systematic. Vol. XV. Polyplacophora, (chitons.) Acanthochitidae, Cryptoplacidae and appendix. Tectibranchiata"; Philadelphia. 436 pp.
↑Pilsbry,H.A.: "Land Mollusca of North America north of Mexico", Vol. I part 1. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, pp. 1-574; 1939.
↑Pilsbry,H.A.: "Land Mollusca of North America north of Mexico", Vol. I part 2. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia. pp. 575-994; 1940.
↑Pilsbry, H. A.: Land Mollusca of North America north of Mexico, Vol. II part 1. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, pp. 1-520; 1946.
↑Pilsbry,H.A.: 1948; "Land Mollusca of North America north of Mexico"; Vol. II part 2. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, pp. 521-1113.