Virginia Orr Maes

Virginia Orr Maes was an American malacologist associated with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 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, 1971Anarithma maesi Drivas & Jay, 1986Fusiturricula maesae Rios, 1985Maesiella maesae McLean & Poorman, 1971Pugnus maesae Roth, 1972Simnia maesae Cate, 1973Taheitia orrae Turner, 1959
Subspecies Strombus urceus orrae Abbott, 1960 - now considered to be a synonym of ''Canarium urceus urceus''