55:, some of the world's largest terrestrial snails. He was transferred to the South Pacific theater, where in Hawaii he was able to begin research on the invasive snail species. By the 1950s, he had established himself as a snail specialist and wrote profusely on the subject. Notably, he published the books
78:, Tuscan, beginning in 1946 until retirement where he also served as the head of the department of zoology. He contributed as a taxonomist, studying snail genitalia and introducing 11 new taxa to
170:
256:
266:
261:
67:
74:
from 1938-1940. He later returned to earn his Ph.D. at
Cornell University in 1942. He taught as a professor of zoology at the
195:
125:
209:
99:
251:
150:
75:
246:
241:
31:
27:
189:
119:
71:
39:
235:
35:
23:
79:
51:
145:
146:"Albert R. Mead, 1915-2009, noted American malacologist: An obituary"
46:
171:"Albert R. Mead: Death of a 'snailsman' ends long life of study"
61:
Economic
Malacology with Particular Reference to Achatina fulica
34:. He served as a 2nd Lieutenant for American forces during
42:
for the Inter-Allied
Malaria Control Unit from 1943-1945.
57:
The Giant
African Snail: A Problem in Economic Malacology
66:
Albert Mead received his bachelors in entomology at the
210:"Scientist Believes Snail Invasion 'Not Fantastic'"
8:
257:University of California, Berkeley alumni
91:
187:
117:
22:(July 17, 1915–March 13, 2009) was a
7:
144:A.C. Van Bruggen, J.I. Mead (2011).
139:
137:
135:
68:University of California, Berkeley
49:he became interested in the genus
14:
169:Matas, Kimberly (April 8, 2009).
158:(4): 228–233 – via Biostor.
1:
267:University of Arizona faculty
216:. 27 October 1957. p. 10
283:
194:: CS1 maint: url-status (
124:: CS1 maint: url-status (
262:Cornell University alumni
26:who studied the invasive
28:giant African land snail
100:"Albert Mead Obituary"
76:University of Arizona
16:American malacologist
70:, 1938. He attended
32:San Jose, California
45:While stationed in
20:Albert Raymond Mead
214:Arizona Daily Star
175:Arizona Daily Star
104:Arizona Daily Star
72:Cornell University
30:. He was born in
274:
226:
225:
223:
221:
206:
200:
199:
193:
185:
183:
181:
166:
160:
159:
141:
130:
129:
123:
115:
113:
111:
106:. March 22, 2009
96:
282:
281:
277:
276:
275:
273:
272:
271:
232:
231:
230:
229:
219:
217:
208:
207:
203:
186:
179:
177:
168:
167:
163:
143:
142:
133:
116:
109:
107:
98:
97:
93:
88:
17:
12:
11:
5:
280:
278:
270:
269:
264:
259:
254:
249:
244:
234:
233:
228:
227:
201:
161:
131:
90:
89:
87:
84:
40:parasitologist
38:, acting as a
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
279:
268:
265:
263:
260:
258:
255:
253:
252:Malacologists
250:
248:
245:
243:
240:
239:
237:
215:
211:
205:
202:
197:
191:
176:
172:
165:
162:
157:
153:
152:
147:
140:
138:
136:
132:
127:
121:
105:
101:
95:
92:
85:
83:
81:
77:
73:
69:
64:
62:
58:
54:
53:
48:
43:
41:
37:
33:
29:
25:
21:
218:. Retrieved
213:
204:
178:. Retrieved
174:
164:
155:
149:
108:. Retrieved
103:
94:
65:
60:
56:
50:
44:
36:World War II
24:malacologist
19:
18:
247:2009 deaths
242:1915 births
59:(1961) and
236:Categories
86:References
190:cite news
120:cite news
180:June 21,
151:Nautilus
110:June 21,
80:Mollusca
63:(1979).
52:Achatina
220:4 July
47:Ghana
222:2024
196:link
182:2024
126:link
112:2024
156:125
238::
212:.
192:}}
188:{{
173:.
154:.
148:.
134:^
122:}}
118:{{
102:.
82:.
224:.
198:)
184:.
128:)
114:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.