Robert F. Burn

Robert F. Burn, Australian naturalist and citizen scientist.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

13 taxon names authored by Robert F. Burn

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1957

Burn, R.F. 1958(1957). A new species of Opisthobranchia from Victoria. Victorian Naturalist 74: 115–117. [not seen] Reference page.
Burn, R.F. 1957. On some Opisthobranchia from Victoria. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 1-1: 11-29, pls. 1–3.

1958

Burn, R.F. 1958. Further Victorian Opisthobranchia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 1(2): 20-36, pls. 6–7.

1960

Burn, R.F. 1960. Australian bivalve gastropods. Nature 187(4731): 44–46.
Burn, R.F. 1960. New names for two Victorian opisthobranch molluscs. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 1(4).

1961

Burn, R.F. 1961: Drepaniella mapae gen. et spec. nov., a new goniodoridid nudibranch from south-eastern Australia. Veliger 3(4): 102–104. BHL Reference page.
Burn, R.F. 1961: Eucrairia nom. nov. for Drepaniella Burn. Veliger 4(1): 51. BHL Reference page.
Burn, R.F. 1961. A new doridid nudibranch from Torquay, Victoria. The Veliger 4(2): 55-56, pl. 15.
Burn, R.F. 1961. A common Victorian nudibranch. The Victorian Naturalist Melbourne. 77(11): 316–317.
Burn, R.F. 1961. Two new species and a new genus of opisthobranch molluscs from New South Wales. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1958-59: 131–135.

1962

Burn, R.F. 1962. Descriptions of Victorian nudibranchiate Mollusca, with a comprehensive review of the Eolidacea. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria (25): 95–128. BHL Reference page.
Burn, R.F. 1962. On the new pleurobranch subfamily Berthellinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda); A revision and new classification of the species of New South Wales and Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 25: 129–148.
Burn, R.F. 1962. Notes on a collection of Nudibranchia (Gastropoda: Dorididae and Dendrodorididae) from South Australia with remarks on the species of Basedow and Hedley, 1905. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 25: 149–171, pl. 1.

1963

Burn, R.F. 1963. Australian Runcinacea (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Australian Zoologist 13(1): 9–22. BHL Reference page.
Burn, R.F. 1963. Descriptions of Australian Eolidacea (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 1(7): 12–20. DOI: 10.1080/00852988.1963.10673794 Reference page.

1964

Burn, R.F. 1964. Descriptions of Australian Eolidacea (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) 2. The genera Nossis, Eubranchus, Trinchesia and Toorna. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 1(8): 10–22. DOI: 10.1080/00852988.1964.10673803 Reference page.
Burn, R.F. 1964. Australian sea-slugs. Australian Natural History 14(12): 396–399.
Burn, R.F. 1964. Comments on the possible use of the plenary powers and other recommendations to the commission by Dr. Henning Lemche, Z.N.(S.) 1044 and Z.N.(S.) 1102–1107. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 21(410).

1965

Burn, R.F. 1965. A centennial commentary and zoogeographical remarks on Angas' Sydney nudibranchs (molluscs Gastropoda). Journal de conchyliologie 104: 85–93.
Burn, R.F. 1965. Rediscovery and taxonomy of Edenttellina typica Gatliff and Gabriel. Nature 206(4985): 735–736.

1966

Burn, R.F. 1966: Descriptions of Australian Eolidacea (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia). 4. The genera Pleurolidia, Fiona, Learchis and Cereberilla from Lord Howe Island. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, 1(10): 21–34. DOI: 10.1080/00852988.1957-1969.12067137 Reference page.
Burn, R.F. 1966: Port Philip survey 1957-1963. Opisthobranchia. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, 27: 265–288. BHL Reference page.
Burn, R.F. 1966. Notes on opisthobranchs mainly from South Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum 15: 329–352. BHL Reference page.
Burn, R.F. 1966. Descriptions of Australian Eolidacea (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia). 3. The genera Tularia, Embletonia and Austraeolis, with a note on Tergipes pauculas Burn, 1962. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, 1(9): 25–35. DOI: 10.1080/00852988.1966.10673810 Reference page.
Burn, R.F. 1966. Some Opisthobranchs from Southern Queensland. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, 1(9): 96–109. DOI: 10.1080/00852988.1966.10673816 Reference page.
Burn, R.F. 1966. The Opisthobranchs of a Caulerpan Microfauna from Fiji. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 37: 45–65. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a064974 Reference page.
Burn, R.F. 1966. The identity of Maplestone's opisthobranchs. Victorian Naturalist 83(4): 76–78. BHL Reference page.
Burn, R.F. 1966. Prawn-trawling and sea-slugs. Victorian Naturalist 83(10): 253–254. Reference page.
Burn, R.F. 1966. On three new Chromodoridinae from Australia (Opisthobranchia: Nudibranchia). The Veliger 8(3): 191–197 Reference page.

1967

Burn, R.F. 1967: Descriptions of two new species of Okenia (Nudibranchia, Doridacea) from south-eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, [86]: 52–57, plates X-XI. BHL Reference page.
Burn, R.F. 1967. Notes on an overlooked nudibranch genus, Roboastra Bergh 1877, and two allied genera (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Australian Zoologist 14: 212–221. BHL Reference page.
Burn, R.F. 1967. First record of a pelagic eolid from Victoria. The Victorian Naturalist 84(1): 116–117. Reference page.
Burn, R.F. 1967. Revision of the genus Herviella (Opisthobranchia: Eolidacea). Malacologia 6(1-2): 223–230. Reference page.

1968

Burn, R.F. 1968. Archidoris odhneri (MacFarland, 1966) comb, nov, with some Comments on the Species of the Genus on the Pacific Coast of North America. The Veliger 11(2): 90–92.
Burn, R.F. 1968. Chromodoris quadricolor westraliensis, a common western Australian nudibranch. The Western Australian Naturalist 10(8): 173–178.

1969

Burn, R. & Miller, M.C. 1969. A new genus, Caldukia, and an extended description of the type species, Proctonotus? affinis Burn, 1958 (Mollusca Gastropoda: Arminacea, Antiopellidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia (12): 23–31. Reference page.
Burn, R.F. & Miller, M.C. 1969. A new genus, Caldukia, and an extended description of the type species, Proctonotus? affinis Burn, 1958 (Mollusca Gastropoda: Arminacea, Antiopellidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 1–12. Reference page.
Burn, R.F. 1969. A memorial report on the Tom Crawford collection of Victorian Opisthobranchia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 1(12): 64-106, pl. 4.

1970

Burn, R.F. 1970. Eight additional opisthobranch molluscs for New South Wales. Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1968-69: 51–54.
Burn, R.F. 1970. Phyllidia (Phyllidiella) zeylanica Kelaart, a rare nudibranch from the Indian subcontinent. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria (31): 37-40, pl. 6.

1971

Burn, R.F. 1971. Comment on the proposed addition to the official list of Okenia Menke, 1830, and Idaliella Bergh, 1881. Z.N.(S.) 1931. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 28(5-6): 141–142.

1972

Burn, R.F. 1972. A guide to the Ascoglossa or sap-sucking sea-slugs of Australia. Australian Natural History March 1972: 173-175, 15 figs.
Burn, R.F. 1972. The genus Polycera in Australian waters. Australian Newsletter (new series) (16): 8–9.

1973

Burn, R.F. 1973: Pearson lsland Expedition 1969 - 10. Opisthobranchs. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 97(3): 201–205. PDF Reference page.
Burn, R.F. 1973. Opisthobranch molluscs from the Australian sub-Antarctic territories of Macquarie and Heard Islands. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 86(1): 39–46.

1974

Burn, R.F. & Bell, K.N. 1974. Description of Retusa chrysoma Burn sp nov. (Opisthobranchia) and its food resources from Corner Inlet, Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 35: 115–119.
Burn, R.F. & Bell, K.N. 1974. Description of Retusa pelyx Burn sp nov. and its food resources from Swan Bay, Victoria. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 3: 37–42.
Burn, R.F. 1974. The taxonomy and distribution of Marianina rosea (Pruvot-Fol, 1930) and Thecacera pacifica (Bergh, 1883) comb. nov. (Opisthobranchia: Dendronotacea and Doridacea). The Veliger 16(3): 305–306.
Burn, R.F. 1974. Notes on some benthonic opisthobranchs from Port Philip Bay, Victoria. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 3(1): 43–57.

1978

Burn, R.F. 1978. A review of Australian species of Austrocylichna, Nipponatys, Cylichnatys and Diniatys (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Haminoeidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 4: 93–112.

1997

Burn, R.F. 1997. What is Cominella eburnea filicea? Victoria Branch Bulletin (Malacological Society of Australasia) 191: 4.

2003

Willan, R.C.; Burn, R. 2003: On the publication date, authorship, and type species of Umbraculum and Tylodina (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Tylodinoidea): a rejoinder. Nautilus 117(1): 23-29. BHL Reference page.

2006

Burn, R. 2006. A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Reports, (10) DOI: 10.24199/j.mvsr.2006.10 .Reference page.

2010

Burn, R.F. 2010. Melanochlamys handrecki sp. nov.: an addition to the opisthobranch fauna (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of south-eastern Australia. Victorian Naturalist 127(6): 231–235. abstract and pdf (on informit) Reference page.

2017

Burn, R.F. 2017. Paphies (Amesodesma): angusta versus elongata and first reviser problems. Victoria Branch Bulletin (Malacological Society of Australasia) 287: 5–6.
Burn, R.F. 2017. Joseph Verco, Rottnest Island and some Trochidae name changes. Victoria Branch Bulletin (Malacological Society of Australasia) 289: 5–6.

2018

Burn, R.F. 2018. Flabellina McMurtrie, 1831. The earliest valid Latinization?. The Nautilus 132(1): 33–34.

2022

Burn, R.F. 2022. What is Diaphanna nivea Petterd, 1886. Victoria Branch Bulletin (Malacological Society of Australasia) 308: 3–4.