Henry Morton Stanley - Taxa Named in Honour

Taxa Named in Honour

Taxa named in honour of Henry Morton Stanley include:

  • freshwater snail Gabbiella stanleyi (E. A. Smith, 1877)
  • freshwater snail genus Stanleya Bourguignat, 1885

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