Virginia Orr Maes (1920–1986) was an American malacologist associated with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.Robertson R. (1987). "Virginia Orr Maes (1920-1986): Biography and Malacological Bibliography". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 139: 527-532. Thanks to her collecting, the academy has an exceptionally fine collection of turrids. She married Robert A. Maes in 1963. They had no children.
A bibliography of Virginia Orr Maes was written by the malacologist Robert Robertson in 1987.
Taxa named in honor Gastropods named in honor of Virginia Orr Maes include one genus, six species and one subspecies: Genus Maesiella McLean in McLean & Poorman, 1971 Anarithma maesi Drivas & Jay, 1986 Fusiturricula maesae Rios, 1985 Maesiella maesae McLean & Poorman, 1971 Pugnus maesae Roth, 1972 Simnia maesae Cate, 1973 Taheitia orrae Turner, 1959 Subspecies Strombus urceus orrae Abbott, 1960 - now considered to be a synonym of Canarium urceus urceus (Linnaeus, 1758)Bouchet, P. (2011). Canarium urceus urceus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532185 on 2011-08-08
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