M.G. (Jerry) HarasewychResearch Zoologist

• Phone: 202-633-1745
• Fax: 202-633-0182
• E-mail: Harasewych@si.edu


• Mailing Address:
  Smithsonian Institution
  PO Box 37012, MRC 163
  Washington, DC 20013-7012
  


• Courier Delivery Address:
  Smithsonian Institution
  National Museum of Natural History
  10th and Constitution Ave, NW
  Washington, DC 20560-0163
  

Responsibilities: Research Zoologist, Curator of Marine Mollusca

Education:


Ph.D. 1982: University of Delaware, College of Marine Studies.
M.S. 1978: University of Delaware, College of Marine Studies.
B.S. 1972: Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

Research Interests:


• Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Molecular Evolution of Gastropoda, with special interest in Pleurotomariidae, Cocculiniformia, Neogastropoda and land snails of the family Cerionidae.
• Origin, Evolution, and Biogeography of Deep-Sea Molluscan Faunas.
• Application of forensic techniques to resolve questions of organismal to evolutionary history within Mollusca.
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  Professional Activities:
  
  Research Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, American University, Washington, DC
  
  Adjunct Professor, Department of Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
  
  Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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  Editor Emeritus, The Nautilus.
  
  Recent Publications:
  Petit, Richard E. and Harasewych, M. G. 2013. Rediscovery of Cancellaria corrosa Reeve, 1856 (Gastropoda: Cancellariidae) in the tropical eastern Pacific. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 126(1): 83-89. doi:10.2988/0006-324X-126.1.83
  
  Harasewych, M. G. 2012. The fossil record and phylogeography of the family Cerionidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata), with the description of a new species from the Pleistocene of Florida. The Nautilus, 126(4): 119-126.
  
  Harasewych, M. G., Sikaroodi, Masoumeh and Gillevet, Patrick M. 2011. The Delray Beach, Florida, colony of Cerion (Paracerion) tridentatum costellata Pilsbry, 1946 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Cerionidae): Evidence for indirect Cuban origins. Nautilus, 125(4): 173-181.
  
  Petit, Richard E. and Harasewych, M. G. 2011. A new Sveltia (Gastropoda: Cancellariidae) from off Guadeloupe, French West Indies. Nautilus, 125(2): 72-74.
  
  Harasewych, M. G. and Petit, Richard E. 2011. Two new species of Admetinae (Neogastropoda: Cancellarioidea) from the northeastern Pacific Ocean. The Nautilus, 125(3): 159-163.
  
  Harasewych, M. G. 2011. The Living Columbariinae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Turbinellidae) of New Zealand. Zootaxa, 2744: 1-33.
  
  Harasewych, M. G. and Moretzsohn, Fabio 2010. The book of shells: a lifesize guide to identifying and classifying six hundred shells Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. 656 pages.
  
  Harasewych, M. G. and Pastorino, Guido 2010. Trophonella (Gastropoda: Muricidae), a New Genus from Antarctic Waters, with the Description of a New Species. Veliger, 51(1): 85-103.
  
  Lieb, Bernhard, Gebauer, Wolfgang, Christos, Gatsogiannism, Depoix, Frank, Hellmann, Nadja, Harasewych, M. G., Strong, Ellen E. and Markl, Jü 2010. Molluscan mega-hemocyanin: an ancient oxygen carrier tuned by a 500 kDa polypeptide. Frontiers in Zoology, 7(14): 1-13.
  
  Taviani, Marco, Angeletti, Lorenzo, Dimech, Mark, Mifsud, Constantine, Freiwald, Andre, Harasewych, M. G. and Oliverio, Marco 2009. Coralliophilinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae) associated with deep-water coral banks in the Mediterranean. The Nautilus, 123(3): 106-112.
  
  Harasewych, M. G., Oleinik, Anton and Zinsmeister, W. J. 2009. The cretaceous and paleocene Pleurotomariid (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) fauna of Seymour Island, Antarctica. Journal of Paleontology, 83(5): 750-766. doi:10.1666/09-004.1
  
  Harasewych, M. G. 2009. Anatomy and Biology of Mitra cornea Lamarck, 1811 (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Mitridae) from the Azores. Acoreana, Supplement 6: 121-135.
  
  

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