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Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet

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Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (26 August 1809 – 9 October 1892) was a French naturalist, born in Lays, Doubs. He was a member of the Commission to Algeria, primarily as a natural artist, drawing any natural findings. He collected specimens in the Canary Islands, Guatemala and Mexico.[1]

He had a particular interest in molluscs and was recognised as a leading expert in the field.[2]

Morelet married Noémie de Folin, sister of Léopold de Folin. Morelet died of natural causes in 1892, in Dijon.

Taxa described

Morelet described various taxa, including:

Taxa named in his honour

Taxa named in honour of Arthur Morelet include:

Gastropods:

Bibliography

  • Morelet A. (1845). Description des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du Portugal. pp. [1–3], I–VII, 1–116, Pl. I–XIV. Paris. (Bailliere). scan
  • Morelet A. (1860). Iles Açores. Notice sur l'histoire naturelle des Açores suivie d'une description des mollusques terrestres de cet archipel. scan

References

  1. ^ a b c d Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Morelet", pp. 182-183).
  2. ^ Fumagalli, Maria Cristina; Hulme, Peter; Robinson, Owen; Wylie, Lesley (2013). Surveying the American Tropics : A Literary Geography from New York to Rio. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. pp. 116–117. ISBN 9781846318900.
  3. ^ "Fifty-ninth Supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds", The Auk 135: 798-813, at p. 809. doi:10.1642/AUK-18-62.1. For a full taxonomic history of this species with copious references, see R. Wright, "Sharpe's Pygmy Finch", Birding New Jersey, June 22, 2018.