Rudolf Sturany [SEP] place of death
Rudolf Sturany
Rudolf Sturany (13 April 1867, Vienna – 28 February 1935, Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist who specialized in the field of malacology, the study of mollusks.
He studied zoology at the University of Leipzig under Rudolf Leuckart and at the University of Vienna, where his instructors included Carl Claus, Friedrich Moritz Brauer and Karl Grobben. In 1891 he obtained his PhD at Vienna.
In September 1889 he began work as a volunteer at the Natural History Museum of Vienna, later serving as a curator
Drillia levanderi
Drillia levanderi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.
Description.
The length of the shell attains 19.5 mm, its diameter 7.2 mm.
Distribution.
This marine species occurs off Eritrea.
References.
- Sturany Rudolf (1905), "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna des Roten Meeres und des Golfes yon Aden"; Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft vol. 37 p. 136