John W. Wells

John West Wells (1907–1994), U.S. cnidariologist.

Department of Geological Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 3 taxon names authored by John W. Wells

Publications

1932

• Wells, J.W. 1932. Corals of the Trinity Group of the Comanchean of Central Texas. Journal of Paleontology 6(3): 225–256.

1933

• Wells, J.W. 1933. Corals of the Cretaceous of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains and Western Interior of the United States. Bulletins of American paleontology 18(67): 85–292.

1934

• Wells, J.W. 1934. Eocene corals from Cuba. Bulletins of American paleontology 20 (70B): 147–158, pls. 17–18.
• Wells, J.W. 1934. A new species of Madracis from Texas. Bulletins of American paleontology 20 (70B): 161–164, pl. 19.
• Wells, J.W. 1934. Eocene corals. Part I: from Cuba. Part II: a new species of Madracis from Texas. Bulletins of American paleontology 20: 145–164.
• Wells, J.W. 1934. Some fossil corals from the West Indies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 83: 71–110.
• Wells, J.W. 1934. Notes on some European Upper Cretaceous corals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 10. 14(81): 385–390.

1935

• Wells, J.W. 1935. Corals from the Cretaceous and Eocene of Jamaica. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10),. 15: 183–194.
• Wells, J.W. 1935. The genotype of Physophyllia and living species of Astrocoenia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10) 15: 339–344, pls. 13–15.
• Wells, J.W. 1935. Notes on some turbinolid corals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 10(16): 529–535, pl. 18.

1936

• Wells, J.W. 1936. The nomenclature and type species of some genera of recent and fossil corals. American Journal of Science 31: 97–134.
• Wells, J.W. 1936. A new genus of the Madreporarian family Eupsammiidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 10. 18(107): 546–549.
• Wells, J.W. 1936. The madreporarian genus Polyastra Ehrenberg. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 18: 549–552, pls. 9–10.

1937

• Wells, J.W. 1937. Coral studies: Part I. Two new species of fossil corals. Bulletins of American paleontology 23(97): 237–241, pl. 1.
• Wells, J.W. 1937. Coral studies: Part II. Five new species of the Madreporaria. Five new genera of the Madreporaria. Bulletins of American paleontology 23(97): 242–250, pl. 2.
• Wells, J.W. 1937. New genera of Mesozoic and Cenozoic corals. Journal of Paleontology 11: 73–77.

1941

• Wells, J.W. 1941. Upper Cretaceous corals from Cuba. Bulletins of American paleontology 26(97): 286–301, pls. 1–2.
• Wells, J.W. 1941. Cretaceous and Eogene Corals from Northwestern Peru. Bulletins of American paleontology 26(98): 303–327.

1942

• Wells, J.W. 1942. Note of fossil corals from Langley Park Bore, Perth. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 27: 95–96.

1943

• Vaughan, T.W. & Wells, J.W. 1943. Revision of the suborders, families and genera of Scleractinia. Geological Society of America Special Papers 44: 1–363. Reference page. 
• Wells, J.W. 1943. Jurassic Anthozoa and Hydrozoa. Palaeontology of Harrar Province, Ethiopia, pt. 3. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 82(2): 37–53, pls. 5–9.

1944

• Wells, J.W. 1944. Cretaceous, Tertiary, and Recent Corals, a sponge and an alga from Venezuela. Journal of Paleontology 18(5): 429–447.

1945

• Wells, J.W. 1945. West Indian Eocene and Miocene corals. Geological Society of America Memoirs 9: 1–23.
• Wells, J.W. 1945. American Old and Middle Tertiary larger foraminifera and corals. Part II. West Indian Eocene and Miocene corals. Geological Society of America Memoir 9(2): 1–25, pls. 1–3.

1947

• Wells, J.W. 1947. Coral Studies. Part 3. Three new Cretaceous species from Texas and Alabama. Bulletins of American paleontology 31(123): 165–168, pl. 10.
• Wells, J.W. 1947. Coral Studies. Part 4. A new species of Phyllangia from the Florida Miocene. Bulletins of American paleontology 31(123): 168–169, pl. 11.
• Wells, J.W. 1947. Coral Studies. Part 5. A new Coenocyathus from Florida. Bulletins of American paleontology 31(123): 170–171, pl. 11.

1950

• Wells, J.W. 1950. Reef corals from Cocos-Keeling Atoll. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 22: 29–52.

1954

• Wells, J.W. 1954. Bikini and nearby atols: 2. Oceanography (biologic). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands. U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 260–1: 385–486, pls. 94–185.
• Wells, J.W. 1954. Recent corals of the Marshall Islands: Bikini and nearby atolls, part 2, oceanography (biologic). U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 260(1): 385–486.

1955

• Wells, J.W. 1955. Recent and subfossil corals of Moreton Bay, Queensland. Queensland. Papers - Department of Geology. University of Queensland 4(10): 1–18, pls. 1–3.

1956

• Wells, J.W. 1956. Scleractinia. In: Moore RC (ed) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology F. Coelenterata. Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press. pp. F328-F440.

1958

• Wells, J.W. 1958. Scleractinian Corals. British-Australian-New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition 1929-31 Reports Series B 6(11): 257–275, pls. 1–2.

1959

• Wells, J.W. 1959. Notes on Indo-Pacific scleractinian corals Parts I and II. Part I. Oryzotrochus, a new genus of turbinolian coral. Part II. A new species of Turbinaria from the Great Barrier Reef. Pacific Science 13: 286–290.

1960

• Wells, J.W. 1960. A Pleistocene marine mollusk in central New York. The Nautilus 74(1): 26–28, pl. 4.

1961

• Wells, J.W. 1961. Notes on Indo-Pacific scleractinian corals. Part 3, A new reef coral from New Caledonia. Pacific Science 15: 189–191.

1962

• Wells, J.W. 1962. Two new scleractinian corals from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 25: 239–242.

1964

• Wells, J.W. 1964. The recent solitary mussid scleractinian corals. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden. 39: 375–384.
• Wells, J.W. 1964. Ahermatypic corals from Queensland. Papers - Department of Zoology. University of Queensland 2: 107–121, pls. 1–3.
• Wells, J.W. 1964. Fossil corals from Enewetok Atoll. Bikini and nearby atolls, Marshall Islands. U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 260–DD: 1100–1111, pls. 296–300.

1966

• Wells, J.W. & Davies, P.S. 1966. Reef studies at Addu Atoll. IV Preliminary list of stony corals from Addu Atoll. Atoll Research Bulletin 116: 43–55.
• Wells, J.W. 1966. Evolutionary development in the scleractinian family Fungiidae. In: Rees, W.J. (ed.) The Cnidaria and their evolution. Symposium of the Zoological Society of London. Academic Press, London. 16: 223–246. Reference page. 
• Wells, J.W. 1966. Notes on Indo-Pacific scleractinian corals, Part 4: A second species of Stylocoeniella. Pacific Science 20(2): 203–205.

1968

• Wells, J.W. 1968. Notes on Indo-Pacific scleractinian corals. Part 5, A new species of Alveopora from New Caledonia. Pacific Science 22: 274–275.
• Wells, J.W. 1968. Notes on Indo-Pacific scleractinian corals. Part 6, Further note on Bantamia merleti Wells. Pacific Science 22: 275–276.

1969

• Wells, J.W. 1969. The formation of dissepiments in zoantharian corals. In Campbell (ed): Stratigraphy and Palaeontology - Essays in Honour of Dorothy Hill; Australian National Univ. Press, Canberra, 17–26.

1970

• Wells, J.W. 1970. Problems of annual and daily growth-rings in corals. In Runcorn S K (ed): Palaeogeophysics; Acad. Press, London & New York, 3–10.

1971

• Stehli, F.G. & Wells, J.W. 1971. Diversity and age patterns in hermatypic corals. Systematic Zoology 20(2): 115–127. Reference page. 
• Wells, J.W. 1971. Notes on Indo-Pacific scleractinian corals. Part 7. Catalaphyllia, a new genus of reef corals. Pacific Science 25: 368–371. Handle , PDF Reference page. 

1972

• Wells, J.W. 1972. Notes on Indo-Pacific scleractinian corals. Part 8. Scleractinian corals from Easter Island. Pacific Science 26: 183–190.
• Wells, J.W. 1972. Notes on the fauna of the Chipola Formation - V. Symbiangia, a new rhizangiid coral. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 10(1): 25–27.
• Wells, J.W. 1972. Some shallow water ahermatypic corals from Bermuda. Postilla 156: 1–10.

1973

• Wells, J.W. 1973. Two new hermatypic scleractinian corals from the West Indies. Bulletin of Marine Science 23: 925–932. Reference page. 
• Wells, J.W. 1973. New and old scleractinian corals from Jamaica. Bulletin of Marine Science 23(1): 16–58. Reference page. 
• Wells, J.W. 1973. Guynia annulata (Scleractinia) in Jamaica. Bulletin of Marine Science 23: 59–63.
• Wells, J.W. 1973. Texastrea, a new scleractinian coral from the Lower Cretaceous of Texas. Journal of Paleontology 47(5): 913–914.

1974

• Wells, J.W. 1974. A new genus of scleractinian coral from the Early Tertiary of Venezuela. Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 84(1): 377–379.

1975

• Wells, J.W. 1975. A new species of Endopachys (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) from the Miocene of Florida. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 11(3): 173–175.

1977

• Wells, J.W. 1977. Eocene Corals from Eua, Tonga. Geological Society of America, Special Paper 640–G: G1-G18.

1979

• Wells, J.W. & Alderslade, P. 1979. The scleractinian coral Archohelia living on the coastal shores of Queensland, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 32(5): 211–216. Reference page. 

1982

• Wells, J.W. 1982. Notes on Indo-Pacific scleractinian corals, Part 9: New corals from the Galapagos Islands. Pacific Science 36(2): 211–219.
• Wells, J.W. 1982. Fossil corals from the Midway Atoll. U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 680–G: 1–7; Washington.

1983

• Wells, J.W. 1983. Annotated list of the scleractinian corals of the Galápagos. In: PW Glynn & GM Wellington (eds.) Corals and Coral Reefs of the Galapagos Islands. University of California Press, Berkeley, 211–295, pls. 1–20.

1984

• Wells, J.W. 1984. Notes on Indo-Paciflc scleractinian corals. Part 10. Late Pleistocene ahermatypic corals from Vanuatu. Pacific Science 38(3): 205–219.

1985

• Wells, J.W. 1985. Notes on Indo-Pacific scleractinian corals Part 11. A new species of Acropora from Australia. Pacific Science 39: 338–339.

1986

• Wells, J.W. 1986. A list of scleractinian generic and subgeneric taxa, 1758–1985. Fossil Cnidaria 15(11): 1–69.

1987

• Wells, J.W. 1987. Additions and corrections to "A list of scleractinian generic and subgeneric taxa, 1758-1986". Newsletter of the International Association for Study of the Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera 16(1): 49–53.

External links

• Brice, W.R. 1996. John West Wells (1907-1994) in Biographical Memoirs. The National Academies Press. NAP online Reading Room.