Jane Donald Longstaff

Nov 7, 2018 | ,

Jane Donald Longstaff (1855-1935) was a Victorian palaeontologist, biologist and malacologist that everyone should know about. Self-trained, a passion for snails in her youth transformed into a lifelong expertise in fossil molluscs. Her pioneering work on the taxonomy of ancient gastropods – slugs and snails – earned her much recognition in her lifetime, and remains […]

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