Virginia Orr Maes was an American malacologist associated with the Academy of Natural Sciences

Academy of Natural Sciences

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, formerly Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, is the oldest natural science research institution and museum in the New World...

 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
  Maesiella
  Maesiella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.The generic name Maesiella is named in honor of American malacologist Virginia Orr Maes.-Species:Species within the genus Maesiella include:...
  
  McLean in McLean & Poorman, 1971
• Anarithma maesi Drivas & Jay, 1986
• Fusiturricula maesae
  Fusiturricula maesae
  Fusiturricula maesae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. The specific name maesae is named in honor of American malacologist Virginia Orr Maes.-Distribution:...
  
  Rios, 1985
• Maesiella maesae
  Maesiella maesae
  Maesiella maesae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.The generic name Maesiella as well as the specific name maesae are named in honor of American malacologist Virginia Orr Maes....
  
  McLean & Poorman, 1971
• Pugnus maesae Roth, 1972
• Simsia maesae Cate, 1973
• Taheitia orrae Turner, 1959
• subspecies Strombus urceus orrae Abbott, 1960 - it is now a synonym of Canarium urceus urceus (Linnaeus, 1758)