Shintaro Hirase Facts
Shintaro Hirase Facts
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| Shintaro Hirase was born on the Awaji Island in Japan. |
| He became a professor of zoology at Seikei College. |
| Part of the original collection of mollusk specimens was stored at the Research Institute for Natural Resources in Tokyo and in Hirase's home. |
| Both of those were destroyed by incendiary bombs during World War II. |
| After 1948 was remainder of the collection was moved to the new Research Institute for Natural Resources. |
| He made several contributions to taxonomy and in 1927 he described Oscanius testudinarius Hirase. |
| In 1936 he described Babylonia pallida Hirase and Berthella gotoi Hirase. |
| He wrote a review of scaphopods for the Journal of Conchology. |
| In 1934 he published A collection of Japanese shells with illustrations in natural colours. |
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