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John Bayard Burch (born 1929〔Eugene V. Coan, Alan R. Kabat & Richard E. Petit, (15 February) 2009. (''2,400 years of malacology, 6th ed. ) 830 pp. + 32 pp. (of Collations ). American Malacological Society.〕) is an American zoologist, a biology professor at the University of Michigan, and the Curator of Mollusks at the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. His research interests are broad, and have encompassed not only the anatomy, systematics, and genetics of mollusks, but also various aspects of zoogeography and parasitology.〔() Univ. Mich. Biological Station faculty and staff〕 He has engaged in extensive fieldwork around the world, usually collecting mollusks, especially freshwater and terrestrial species. Some sample taken in Tahiti in 1970 have proven to be of importance in efforts to conserve vanishing kinds of the land snail ''Partula''.〔() ''Long-Forgotten Samples May Help Save Species'' at newswise〕〔() Historical Phylogeny of Tahitian ''Partula''〕 He is a son of biologist Paul Randolph Burch (1898–1958; U.S.A.).〔 Among other awards, Burch received the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society's "Lifetime Achievement Award", and the "John B. Burch Student Scholarship" of the Malacological Society of the Philippines was named in his honor.〔() Univ. Mich. Dept. Biology alumni newsletter〕 Burch is Associate Editor of the malacological journal ''Malacologia''.〔() Malacologia masthead〕 == Taxa named in his honor == * ''Meghimatium burchi'' Tsai & Wu, 2008〔Tsai C.-L. & Wu S.-K. (2008). "A New ''Meghimatium'' Slug (Pulmonata: Philomycidae) from Taiwan". ''Zoological Studies'' 47(6): 759-766. (PDF ).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John B. Burch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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