Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Died:

Occupation: Malacologist. Jessup student and assistant in Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1885-87; Assistant Zoologist, N.Y. State Museum, Albany, 1887-94; Aide, Division of Mollusks, U.S. National Museum, 1895-96; 1903-14; Assistant Curator, 1914-34.

Education: Lafayette College, B.S., 1885; M.S., 1888.

Societies / Service: Founding Member of the American Malacological Society (AMU).

Travels:

Collection Deposition: U.S. National Museum (USNM).

Research Interests: Unionidae, freshwater mollusks of South America.

Remarks:

Data from: Abbott, R.T., and M.E. Young (eds.). 1973. American Malacologists: A national register of professional and amateur malacologists and private shell collectors and biographies of early American mollusk workers born between 1618 and 1900. American Malacologists, Falls Church, Virginia. Consolidated/Drake Press, Philadelphia. 494 pp.

Other References: Johnson, R.I. 1974. Marshall's unionid types or types of recent and fossil Unionacea and Mutelacea introduced by William B. Marshall, including a bibliography of all his writings on mollusks. Special Occasional Publication, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University No. 3. 14 pp.

Partial Bibliography

Marshall, W.B. 1890. Beaks of Unionidae inhabiting the vicinity of Albany, New York. N.Y. State Museum Bulletin 2(9):169-189 + 1 plate.
Marshall, W.B. 1892. Preliminary list of New York Unionidae. Bulletin of the N.Y. State Museum 1(1):1-17.
Marshall, W.B. 1892. Notes on the colonization of fresh-water shells. Nautilus 5(12):133-134.
Marshall, W.B. 1893. Land and fresh-water shells of New York exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois. 47th Annual Report, New York State Museum of Natural History pp. 49-75.
Marshall, W.B. 1895. Geographical distribution of New York Unionidae. 48th Annual Report, New York State Museum of Natural History pp. 45-99.
Marshall, W.B. 1915. Three new species of Anodontites from Brazil. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 49(2122):527-529 + 3 plates.
Marshall, W.B. 1916. A new genus and species of naiad from the James River at Huron, South Dakota. Nautilus 29(12):133-135 + 1 plate.
Marshall, W.B. 1917. New and little-known species of South American fresh-water mussels of the genus Diplodon. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 53(2209):381-388 + 6 plates.
Marshall, W.B. 1918. Lampsilis ventricosa cohongoronta in the Potomac valley. Nautilus 32(2):51-53.
Marshall, W.B. 1921. New fresh-water shells from Guatemala. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 58(2336):301-302 + 1 plate.
Marshall, W.B. 1922. A large Quadrula heros Say. Nautilus 36(1):25-27.
Marshall, W.B. 1922. New pearly freshwater mussels from South America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 61(2437):1-9 + 3 plates.
Marshall, W.B. 1924. New pearly freshwater mussels from Mexico and Uruguay. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 63(2485):1-4 + 3 plates.
Marshall, W.B. 1924. New species of Mollusks of the genus Chilina. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 66(2550):1-5 + 1 plate.
Marshall, W.B. 1924. New Uruguayan mollusks of the genus Corbicula. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 66(2552):1-12 + 2 plates.
Marshall, W.B. 1925. Microscopic sculpture of pearly fresh-water mussel shells. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 67(2576):1-14 + 4 plates.
Marshall, W.B. 1926. New fossil fresh-water mollusks from Florida. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 68(2612):1-4 + Plate 1.
Marshall, W.B. 1926. New land and fresh-water mollusks from Central and South America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 69(2638):1-12 + 3 plates.
Marshall, W.B. 1927. A new genus and two new species of South American fresh-water mussels. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 71(2678):1-4 + 2 plates.
Marshall, W.B. 1927. New species of mollusks of the genus Corbicula from Uruguay and Brazil. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 72(2699):1-7 + 1 plate.
Marshall, W.B. 1927. The Australian land shell Thersites bipartita and its allies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 72(2711):1-16 + 3 plates.
Marshall, W.B. 1928. New fossil pearly fresh-water mussels from the deposits on the upper Amazon of Peru. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 74(2748):1-7 + 1 plate.
Marshall, W.B. 1928. New fresh-water and marine bivalve shells from Brazil and Uruguay. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 74(2762):1-7 + 4 plates.
Marshall, W.B. 1929. New fossil land and fresh-water mollusks from the Reynosa formation of Texas. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 76(2798):1-6 + 1 plate.
Marshall, W.B. 1929. Three new land shells of the genus Oreohelix from Arizona. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 76(2802):1-3 + Plate 1.
Marshall, W.B. 1930. Mollusks from below Conowingo Dam, Maryland. Nautilus 43(3):87-88.
Marshall, W.B. 1930. Type of Anodontites Bruguiere. Nautilus 43(4):128-130.
Marshall, W.B. 1930. Former and present terms used in describing fresh-water mussels. Nautilus 44(2):41-42.
Marshall, W.B. 1930. New land and fresh-water mollusks from South America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 77(2825):1-7 + 2 plates.
Marshall, W.B. 1931. Ruganodontites, a new subgenus of South American pearly, fresh-water mussels. Nautilus 45(1):16-20.
Marshall, W.B. 1931. Monocondylea costulata Moricand. Nautilus 45(2):55-58.
Marshall, W.B. 1931. Anodontites: a genus of South and Central American and Mexican pearly fresh-water mussels. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 79(2889):1-15 + 2 plates.
Marshall, W.B. 1932. Two new land shells of the genus Bulimulus from Bolivia. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 81(2937):1-3 + 1 plate.
Marshall, W.B., and E.O. Bowles. 1932. New fossil fresh-water mollusks from Ecuador. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 82(2946):1-7 + 1 plate.
Marshall, W.B. 1933. The pedal protractor muscle scar in shells of naiades. Nautilus 47(2):72-76.
Marshall, W.B. 1933. New fresh-water gastropod mollusks of the genus Chilina of South America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 82(2949):1-6 + 1 plate.
Marshall, W.B. 1934. Two new species of pearly fresh-water mussels. Journal of the Washington Academy of Science 24(2):78-81.