Abstract
The “Pola” expeditions were the first to explore the deep Eastern Mediterranean Sea in the 1890s. They remained the most intense surveys in that area for a century and constitute today a fundamental baseline to assess change in the basin, whose fauna is still inadequately described. Solid taxonomic foundations for the study of deep-sea organisms are needed and we here contribute by revising the name-bearing types of mollusc species introduced by Rudolf Sturany on the basis of the “Pola” material from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea stored in the Natural History Museum in Vienna. Sturany introduced 15 names (Marginella occulta var. minor Sturany, 1896 shall not be considered as the introduction of a new name). He described and established two manuscript names by Monterosato: Jujubinus igneus and Pseudomurex ruderatus. The genus Isorropodon was also introduced together with its type species I. perplexum. For each name, we list the available type material, provide the original description and a translation into English and illustrate the specimens in colour and with SEM imaging.
Highlights
The second half of the 19th century was an exciting period for marine exploration: most of the seafaring nations of the time sent out expeditions to investigate the sea
Solid taxonomic foundations for the study of deep-sea organisms are needed and we here contribute by revising the name-bearing types of mollusc species introduced by Rudolf Sturany on the basis of the “Pola” material from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea stored in the Natural History Museum in Vienna
The AustroHungarian monarchy did likewise, planning a geographically restricted but intense series of expeditions to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Red Sea (Schefbeck 1996). These expeditions were the joint effort of the important research institutions of the time: The Imperial Academy of Sciences, the Imperial and
Summary
The second half of the 19th century was an exciting period for marine exploration: most of the seafaring nations of the time sent out expeditions to investigate the sea. The AustroHungarian monarchy did likewise, planning a geographically restricted but intense series of expeditions to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Red Sea (Schefbeck 1996). These expeditions were the joint effort of the important research institutions of the time: The Imperial Academy of Sciences ( the Austrian Academy of Sciences), the Imperial and. Royal Court Museum of Natural History ( the Natural History Museum Vienna (NHMW)) and the institutes of Zoology and Chemistry of the University of Vienna These institutions provided the equipment, knowledge and personnel to plan and successfully conduct the expeditions. He proved to be a major player in stimulating and enabling the four expeditions that were organised to the Eastern Mediterranean between 1890 and 1893 and the fifth expedition which surveyed the southern Adriatic Sea in 1894
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