Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet
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 had a particular interest in molluscs, particularly the molluscan species of Africa, and published many works on the topic.
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:
- Cyclophorus horridulum (Morelet, 1882) - a species of land snail
Taxa named in his honour
Taxa named in honour of Arthur Morelet include:
- Agalychnis moreletii (A.M.C. Duméril, 1853) – Morelet's Treefrog
- Crocodylus moreletii A.H.A. Duméril & Bibron, 1851 – Morelet's Crocodile[1]
- Mesaspis moreletii (Bocourt, 1871)[1]
- Ommatoiulus moreletii (Lucas, 1860) – a millipede[citation needed]
Gastropods:
- Clavator moreleti Crosse & Fischer, 1868[citation needed]
- Conus moreleti Crosse, 1858[citation needed]
- Edentulina moreleti (Adams, 1868)[citation needed]
- Leidyula moreleti (Fischer, 1871)[citation needed]
- Letourneuxia moreleti (P. Hesse 1884)[citation needed]
- Onoba moreleti Dautzenberg, 1889[citation needed]
- Patella moreleti Drouet, 1858[citation needed]
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
- ^ a b 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).
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