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'''Winston Ponder''' B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D, D.Sc. is a noted [[Australian]] [[malacologist]] who has named and described many marine animals.<ref>http://amonline.net.au/invertebrates/staff/ponder.htm</ref> He is a graduate of [[Auckland University]], [[New Zealand]]. |
'''Winston Ponder''' B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D, D.Sc. is a noted [[Australian]] [[malacologist]] who has named and described many marine animals.<ref>http://amonline.net.au/invertebrates/staff/ponder.htm</ref> He is a graduate of [[Auckland University]], [[New Zealand]]. |
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Ponder was the principal research scientist in the [[ |
Ponder was the principal research scientist in the [[malacology]] section of the [[Australian Museum]], [[Sydney]], Australia. He helped to build up the museum's mollusc collection so that it became one of the most extensive of its kind in the world. Ponder retired from this post after a long career of more than forty years of research on molluscs, and he is now an Honorary Fellow. |
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He is also a managing editor of the [[Malacological Society of Australasia]] <ref> [http://www.malsocaus.org/publications.htm Malacological Society of Australasia] </ref>, the [[Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County|Natural History Museum]] of [[Los Angeles]], and the [[South Australian Museum]] in [[Adelaide]]. He has been the president of the Society of Australian Systematic Biologists, and he is the managing editor of the journal ''Molluscan Research''. |
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Ponder is the author of more than 100 research publications. Many of these are on the subjects of the freshwater molluscs of Australia, and on [[invertebrate]] conservation. However, his major contribution was a [[taxonomy]] of the [[Gastropoda]], which he published together with |
Ponder is the author of more than 100 research publications. Many of these are on the subjects of the freshwater molluscs of Australia, and on [[invertebrate]] conservation. However, his major contribution was a [[taxonomy]] of the [[Gastropoda]], which he published together with [[David R. Lindberg]] in 1997 <ref>[[Winston Ponder|Ponder W.]] & [[David R. Lindberg|Lindberg D. R.]] 1997. ''Towards a phylogeny of gastropod molluscs; an analysis using morphological characters''. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 119: 83-265.</ref> This was the last major publication on the taxonomy of the Gastropoda that was based on the [[morphology]] of [[snail]]s and [[slug]]s (their internal and external shapes and forms), and did not take into account any analysis of their [[DNA]] or [[RNA]]. |
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In 2008, again with David Lindberg, he edited the book "Phylogeny and Evolution of the Mollusca" <ref name="Ponder">{{cite book | title=Phylogeny and Evolution of the Mollusca| url=http://www.calnaturalhistory.com/books/pages/10802.php| last=Winston F. Ponder and David R. Lindberg (eds.)| date=2008| pages=488| publisher=University of California Press}}</ref> |
In 2008, again with David Lindberg, he edited the book "Phylogeny and Evolution of the Mollusca" <ref name="Ponder">{{cite book | title=Phylogeny and Evolution of the Mollusca| url=http://www.calnaturalhistory.com/books/pages/10802.php| last=Winston F. Ponder and David R. Lindberg (eds.)| date=2008| pages=488| publisher=University of California Press}}</ref> in which 36 experts provided an up-to-date review on the evolutionary history of the [[Mollusca]], based on reinvestigation of [[morphology|morphological]] characters, molecular data and the fossil record. |
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In 2008 he received the prestigious Australian Marine Sciences Association Silver Jubilee Award, for a lifetime of achievement in research on marine molluscs. <ref> [http://www.austmus.gov.au/display.cfm?id=2897 Recognising research on molluscs |
In 2008 he received the prestigious Australian Marine Sciences Association Silver Jubilee Award, for a lifetime of achievement in research on marine molluscs. <ref> [http://www.austmus.gov.au/display.cfm?id=2897 Recognising research on molluscs] </ref> |
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== Some Gastropod taxa named by Ponder == |
== Some Gastropod taxa named by Ponder == |
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*Order [[Sorbeoconcha]] <small>Ponder & Lindberg, 1997</small> |
* Order [[Sorbeoconcha]] <small>Ponder & Lindberg, 1997</small> |
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*Suborder [[Hypsogastropoda]] <small>Ponder & Lindberg, 1997</small> |
* Suborder [[Hypsogastropoda]] <small>Ponder & Lindberg, 1997</small> |
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*Superfamily [[Glacidorboidea]] <small>Ponder, 1986</small> |
* Superfamily [[Glacidorboidea]] <small>Ponder, 1986</small> |
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* [[Calopiidae]] <small> Ponder, 1999 </small> |
* [[Calopiidae]] <small> Ponder, 1999 </small> |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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*[[Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Ponder & Lindberg, 1997)]] |
* [[Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Ponder & Lindberg, 1997)]] |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 10:12, 10 March 2009
Winston Ponder B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D, D.Sc. is a noted Australian malacologist who has named and described many marine animals.[1] He is a graduate of Auckland University, New Zealand.
Ponder was the principal research scientist in the malacology section of the Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia. He helped to build up the museum's mollusc collection so that it became one of the most extensive of its kind in the world. Ponder retired from this post after a long career of more than forty years of research on molluscs, and he is now an Honorary Fellow.
He is also a managing editor of the Malacological Society of Australasia [2], the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, and the South Australian Museum in Adelaide. He has been the president of the Society of Australian Systematic Biologists, and he is the managing editor of the journal Molluscan Research.
Ponder is the author of more than 100 research publications. Many of these are on the subjects of the freshwater molluscs of Australia, and on invertebrate conservation. However, his major contribution was a taxonomy of the Gastropoda, which he published together with David R. Lindberg in 1997 [3] This was the last major publication on the taxonomy of the Gastropoda that was based on the morphology of snails and slugs (their internal and external shapes and forms), and did not take into account any analysis of their DNA or RNA.
In 2008, again with David Lindberg, he edited the book "Phylogeny and Evolution of the Mollusca" [4] in which 36 experts provided an up-to-date review on the evolutionary history of the Mollusca, based on reinvestigation of morphological characters, molecular data and the fossil record.
In 2008 he received the prestigious Australian Marine Sciences Association Silver Jubilee Award, for a lifetime of achievement in research on marine molluscs. [5]
Some Gastropod taxa named by Ponder
- Order Sorbeoconcha Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Suborder Hypsogastropoda Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Superfamily Glacidorboidea Ponder, 1986
- Calopiidae Ponder, 1999
- Elachisinidae Ponder, 1985
- Emblandidae Ponder, 1985
- Epigridae Ponder, 1985
- Amathinidae Ponder, 1987
- Rastodentidae Ponder, 1966
- Pseudoskenella Ponder, 1973
- Fictonoba Ponder, 1967
- Microestea Ponder, 1965
- Pseudestea Ponder, 1967
- Lirobarleeia Ponder, 1983
- Pseudodiala Ponder, 1967
- Rastodens Ponder, 1966
- Tridentifera Ponder,1966
See also
References
- ^ http://amonline.net.au/invertebrates/staff/ponder.htm
- ^ Malacological Society of Australasia
- ^ Ponder W. & Lindberg D. R. 1997. Towards a phylogeny of gastropod molluscs; an analysis using morphological characters. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 119: 83-265.
- ^ Winston F. Ponder and David R. Lindberg (eds.) (2008). Phylogeny and Evolution of the Mollusca. University of California Press. p. 488.
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