Education
  • Ph.D., University of Miami, Miami, Florida, U.S.A., 1965

Dr. Fred G. Thompson is Curator Emeritus of Non-marine malacology at the Florida Museum of Natural History.

Relevant to the biota of the Gulf of Mexico, Dr. Thompson has published the following:

Thompson, F. G. 1968. The Aquatic Snails of the Family Hydrobiidae of Peninsular Florida. University of Florida Press, Gainesville. xv + 268 pp.

Turgeon, D. D, J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, P. M. Mikkelsen, R. J. Neves, C. F. E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F. G. Thompson, M. Vecchione, and J. D. Williams. 1998. Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 26, Bethesda Maryland. 526 pp. + CD.