Mattheus Marinus Schepman
Mattheus Marinus Schepman | |
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![]() Mattheus Marinus Schepman | |
Born | |
Died | November 19, 1919[1] Bosch en Duin, Netherlands | (aged 72)
Nationality | Dutch |
Known for | collecting and taxonomy |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Malacology |
Mattheus Marinus Schepman (17 August 1847 – 19 November 1919)[1][2] was a Dutch malacologist.[3][4] He was one of the foremost collectors of mollusc shells in the Netherlands, and was also high on the overall list of European collectors.[5]
Dutch collectors developed an interest in natural history specimens that were collected on worldwide expeditions since the 16th century. An interest in conchology led to numerous shell publications. In 1934 the Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging (Netherlands Malacological Society) was founded. In commemoration of its 75th anniversary, a book honoring in detail the work of Mattheus Schepman was published.[5]
His research
[edit]Schepman was both a collector and a methodical scientist, which combination "made his collection of great value to the entire malacological community." He was given the opportunity to study a collection by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber, Director of the Zoölogisch Museum Amsterdam (ZMA). Many of the specimens he studied and collected were gathered by the Siboga Expedition. The expedition went to the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago and investigated 322 sites.[5]
Schepman's most significant work is reported in "The Prosobranchia of the Siboga expedition". HM Siboga was the transport ship for the eponymous "Siboga Expedition". Published over five years and consisting of 494 pages, it covers 212 genera and 1,467 species.[6] Eduard von Martens was involved in mollusk identification from the first expedition, and he "probably recommended Schepman for the work on the second." In any event, Schepman published seven volumes which described 2,500 specimens, and 1,235 shelled mollusc species, "many new to science."[5]
An important aspect of his work was his scientific collection of shells, a collection which was almost unprecedented in scope and breadth. Eventually sold in 1920 to the Zoological Museum Amsterdam for ƒ7,205, the collection consisted of 9,000 species and 1,250 genera of shelled freshwater, marine, and land molluscs.[5]
Published works
[edit]Schepman wrote over 62 malacological works.[5] They include: (incomplete)
- Horst R. & Schepman M. M. (1908). Catalogue systématique des mollusques (gastropodes prosobranches et polyplacophores). Tome XIII. Leiden.
- (in German) Schepman M. M. & Nierstrasz H. F. (1913). "Parasitische und kommensalistische Mollusken aus Holothurien". Stuttgart.
The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition
- Schepman M. M. (1908). "The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part I, Rhipidoglossa and Docoglossa, with an appendix by R. Bergh". Uitkomsten op zoologisch, botanisch, oceanografisch en geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899–1900 aan boord H. M. Siboga, Monographie, E. J. Brill, Leyden, 49a: 107 pp., 9 plates.
- Schepman M. M. (1908). "The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part II, Taenioglossa and Ptenoglossa". 49b: 108–231, 7 plates.
- Schepman M. M. (1908). "The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part III, Gymnoglossa". 49c: 233–246, 1 plate.
- (in German) Schepman M. M. & Nierstrasz H. F. (1909). "Parasitische prosobranchier der Siboga-expedition". 49(2): 1–28, 2 plates.
- Schepman M. M. (1911). The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. "Part IV. Rachiglossa". 49d: 247–364, 7 plates.
- Schepman M. M. (1913). "The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part V Toxoglossa." 49e: 365–452, 6 plates.
- Schepman M. M. (1913). "The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part VI, Pulmonata and Opisthobranhia Tectibranchiata, tribe Bullomorpha." 49f: 453–494, 2 plates.
Taxa
[edit]Schepman described and named a large number of taxa of molluscs, mostly species, especially species of marine gastropods.[5][6] For example, in November 2012, the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) listed 182 valid marine taxa (181 marine gastropods, 1 marine bivalve) that were described by Schepman.[7]
Schepman originally described about 450 taxa, including many turrids.[5] Examples of the numerous taxa he named and described are in the following list (synonyms are not included):
Families
[edit]Freshwater and marine cave snails:
- Neritiliidae Schepman, 1908
Genera
[edit]Sea snails (sorted chronologically):
- Guttula Schepman, 1908
- Pseudococculina Schepman, 1908
- Clavosurcula Schepman, 1913
- Daphnellopsis Schepman, 1913
- Meloscaphander Schepman, 1913
- Volvulopsis Schepman, 1913
Species
[edit]- Amphidromus reflexilahris Schepman
- Helicarion sumatrensis Schepman, 1886[8]
- Asperitas bimaensis (Schepman, 1892)
- Dyakia densestriata Schepman, 1896[9]
- Hemiplecta butikkoferi Schepman, 1896[9]
- Euplecta costellifera Schepman, 1918[10]
- Euplecta imperforata Schepman, 1918[10]
- Macrochlamys imperforata Schepman, 1918[10]
- Sitala crenocarinata Schepman, 1918[10]
- Planispira planissima Schepman, 1918[10]
- Cyclotus subcanaliculatus Schepman, 1918[10]
- Parmarion goedhuisi Schepman, 1896[9]
- Microparmarion litteratus Schepman, 1896[9]
- Hemicarion semicalcareus Schepman, 1896[9]
- Melania subplicata Schepman, 1886[8]
- Melania snellemanni Schepman, 1886[8]
- Bellamya liberiana (Schepman, 1888)[11]
- Potadoma buttikoferi (Schepman, 1888)[11]
- Potadoma liberiensis (Schepman, 1888)[11]
- Melania glandiformis Schepman, 1896[12]
- Melania schwaneri Schepman, 1896[12]
- Brotia borneensis (Schepman, 1896)[13][12]
- Melania mülleri Schepman, 1896[12]
- Melania subpunctata Schepman, 1896[12]
- Neritina (Clithon) subocellata Schepman, 1884[10][14] - a synonym of Clithon diadema
- Melania subcostellaris Schepman, 1918[10]
- Melania sentaniensis Schepman, 1918[10]
- Melania kampeni Schepman, 1918[10]
- Hyridella misoolensis (Schepman, 1897)[15]
- Schepmania nieuwenhuisi (Schepman, 1898)
- Nausitora hedleyi Schepman, 1919 – brackish water species
Sea snails (sorted chronologically):
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1870s and 1890s
- Entemnotrochus rumphii (Schepman, 1879)
- Nassarius javanus (Schepman, 1891)
- Oliva semmelinki Schepman, 1891
- Ergalatax martensi (Schepman, 1892)
1903
- Astralium provisorium (Schepman, 1903)
1904
- Oliva dubia Schepman, 1904[16]
- Oliva rufofulgurata Schepman, 1904[16]
1907
- Cerithium claviforme Schepman, 1907
- Cerithium koperbergi Schepman, 1907
- Nassarius celebensis (Schepman, 1907)
- Notadusta martini (Schepman, 1907)
1908
- Anatoma exquisita (Schepman, 1908)
- Anatoma maxima (Schepman, 1908)
- Ancistrobasis monodon (Schepman, 1908)
- Bathyfautor multispinosus (Schepman, 1908)
- Bathymophila callomphala (Schepman, 1908)
- Calliostoma crassicostatum Schepman, 1908
- Calliostoma quadricolor Schepman, 1908
- Calliostoma rufomaculatum Schepman, 1908
- Calliostoma simplex Schepman, 1908
- Calliostoma virgo Schepman, 1908
- Calliotropis bicarinata (Schepman, 1908)
- Calliotropis calcarata (Schepman, 1908)
- Calliotropis concavospira (Schepman, 1908)
- Calliotropis limbifera (Schepman, 1908)
- Calliotropis multisquamosa (Schepman, 1908)
- Calliotropis muricata (Schepman, 1908)
- Calliotropis pagodiformis (Schepman, 1908)
- Calliotropis pulchra (Schepman, 1908)
- Calliotropis spinulosa (Schepman, 1908)
- Danilia weberi Schepman, 1908
- Emarginella sibogae (Schepman, 1908)
- Emarginula foveolata Schepman, 1908
- Guttula sibogae Schepman, 1908
- Hadroconus sibogae (Schepman, 1908)
- Herpetopoma ringens (Schepman, 1908)
- Pectinodonta alta Schepman, 1908
- Pectinodonta orientalis Schepman, 1908
- Perrinia cancellata (Schepman, 1908)
- Perrinia nigromaculata (Schepman, 1908)
- Perrinia plicifera (Schepman, 1908)
- Perrinia squamicarinata (Schepman, 1908)
- Phenacolepas radiata Schepman, 1908
- Pseudococculina granulata Schepman, 1908
- Pseudococculina rugosoplicata Schepman, 1908
- Solariella ornatissima (Schepman, 1908)
- Tibatrochus incertus (Schepman, 1908)
- Tugalina plana (Schepman, 1908)
1909
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- Abyssochrysos melvilli (Schepman, 1909)
- Akibumia orientalis (Schepman, 1909)
- Biplex aculeata (Schepman, 1909)
- Carenzia melvillii (Schepman, 1909)
- Cylindriscala humerosa (Schepman, 1909)
- Cylindriscala sibogae (Schepman, 1909)
- Eccliseogyra fragilissima (Schepman, 1909)
- Epitonium abyssicola (Schepman, 1909)
- Epitonium melvilli (Schepman, 1909)
- Fluxinella marginata (Schepman, 1909)
- Fluxinella trochiformis (Schepman, 1909)
- Goodingia varicosa (Schepman, 1909)
- Granosolarium mirabile (Schepman, 1909)
- Gregorioiscala nierstraszi (Schepman, 1909)
- Heliacus costatus (Schepman, 1909)
- Heliacus madurensis (Schepman, 1909)
- Inella verluysi (Schepman, 1909)
- Niso smithi Schepman, 1909
- Pelseneeria sibogae (Schepman & Nierstrasz, 1909)
- Primovula roseomaculata (Schepman, 1909)
- Quinnia sykesi (Schepman, 1909)
- Seguenzia costulifera Schepman, 1909
- Seguenzia dautzenbergi Schepman, 1909
- Seila versluysi (Schepman, 1909)
- Stellaria gigantea (Schepman, 1909)
- Stilapex eburnea (Schepman & Nierstrasz, 1909)
- Stilapex parva (Schepman, 1909)
- Subularia circumstriata Schepman, 1909
- Triphora schmidti Schepman, 1909
- Trivellona abyssicola (Schepman, 1909)
- Trivellona paucicostata (Schepman, 1909)
- Trivellona sibogae (Schepman, 1909)
1911
- Amalda abyssicola Schepman, 1911
- Amalda edgariana Schepman, 1911
- Antillophos minutus (Schepman, 1911)
- Babelomurex ricinuloides (Schepman, 1911)
- Chryseofusus chrysodomoides (Schepman, 1911)
- Cyllene sibogae Schepman, 1911
- Eosipho smithi (Schepman, 1911)
- Chryseofusus chrysodomoides (Schepman, 1911)
- Fusinus thielei (Schepman, 1911)
- Manaria brevicaudata (Schepman, 1911)
- Mitrella circumstriata (Schepman, 1911)
- Mitrella simplex (Schepman, 1911)
- Mitrella undulata (Schepman, 1911)
- Nassarius crebricostatus (Schepman, 1911)
- Nassarius macrocephalus (Schepman, 1911)
- Nassarius multipunctatus (Schepman, 1911)
- Pagodula obtuselirata (Schepman, 1911)
- Pagodula pulchella (Schepman, 1911)
- Pazinotus sibogae (Schepman, 1911)
- Pazinotus smithi (Schepman, 1911)
- Peristernia incerta Schepman, 1911
- Preangeria dentata (Schepman, 1911)
- Turrilatirus melvilli (Schepman, 1911)
- Ziba abyssicola (Schepman, 1911)
1913
- Acamptodaphne biconica (Schepman, 1913)
- Anticlinura biconica (Schepman, 1913)
- Asperdaphne elegantissima (Schepman, 1913)
- Asperdaphne suluensis (Schepman, 1913)
- Belomitra brachytoma (Schepman, 1913)
- Benthomangelia celebensis (Schepman, 1913)
- Benthomangelia trophonoidea (Schepman, 1913)
- Borsonia smithi Schepman, 1913
- Borsonia timorensis (Schepman, 1913)
- Brachytoma rufolineata (Schepman, 1913)
- Buccinaria abbreviata (Schepman, 1913)
- Clavosurcula sibogae Schepman, 1913
- Cochlespira pulchella (Schepman, 1913)
- Comitas melvilli (Schepman, 1913)
- Comitas obtusigemmata (Schepman, 1913)
- Comitas pagodaeformis (Schepman, 1913)
- Crassispira aesopus (Schepman, 1913)
- Crassispira rubidofusca (Schepman, 1913)
- Cryptodaphne affinis (Schepman, 1913)
- Cryptodaphne gradata (Schepman, 1913)
- Cytharopsis butonensis (Schepman, 1913)
- Daphnella celebensis Schepman, 1913
- Daphnellopsis lamellosa Schepman, 1913
- Diniatys dubius (Schepman, 1913)
- Duplicaria tiurensis (Schepman, 1913)
- Emarginula paucipunctata Schepman, 1913
- Euclathurella subuloides (Schepman, 1913)
- Gemmula sibogae (Schepman, 1913)
- Gemmula truncata (Schepman, 1913)
- Glyphostoma granulifera (Schepman, 1913)
- Guraleus halmaherica (Schepman, 1913)
- Guraleus savuensis (Schepman, 1913)
- Gymnobela ceramensis (Schepman, 1913)
- Gymnobela dubia (Schepman, 1913)
- Gymnobela pulchra (Schepman, 1913)
- Gymnobela sibogae (Schepman, 1913)
- Horaiclavus madurensis (Schepman, 1913)
- Horaiclavus multicostata (Schepman, 1913)
- Inquisitor aesopus (Schepman, 1913)
- Inquisitor subangusta (Schepman, 1913)
- Isodaphne perfragilis (Schepman, 1913)
- Ithycythara septemcostata (Schepman, 1913)
- Leucosyrinx pyramidalis (Schepman, 1913)
- Lienardia peristernioides Schepman, 1913
- Lioglyphostomella timorensis (Schepman, 1913)
- Maoridaphne supracancellata (Schepman, 1913)
- Maoritomella batjanensis (Schepman, 1913)
- Marshallena nierstraszi (Schepman, 1913)
- Mioawateria extensaeformis (Schepman, 1913)
- Mucronalia variabilis Schepman in Voeltzkow, 1913
- Myurella exiguoides (Schepman, 1913)
- Neopleurotomoides rufoapicata (Schepman, 1913)
- Otitoma kwandangensis (Schepman, 1913)
- Otitoma timorensis (Schepman, 1913)
- Paracomitas undosa (Schepman, 1913)
- Pleurotomella clathurellaeformis Schepman, 1913
- Pseudodaphnella virgo (Schepman, 1913)
- Pseudoetrema crassicingulata (Schepman, 1913)
- Pseudorhaphitoma multigranosa (Schepman, 1913)
- Sabatia supracancellata (Schepman, 1913)
- Scaphander sibogae Schepman, 1913
- Scaphander subglobosus Schepman, 1913
- Shutonia variabilis (Schepman, 1913)
- Splendrillia suluensis (Schepman, 1913)
- Stellatoma rufostrigata (Schepman, 1913)
- Terebra virgo Schepman, 1913
- Trophon celebensis Schepman, 1913
- Typhlosyrinx supracostata (Schepman, 1913)
- Xanthodaphne pyriformis (Schepman, 1913)
1914
- Megadenus voeltzkovi Schepman & Nierstrasz, 1914
1922
- Thaisella dubia (Schepman, 1922)
In honor
[edit]Taxa named in his honor include (sorted chronologically):
Marine snails:
- Epitonium schepmani (Melvill, 1910)
- Argyropeza schepmaniana Melvill, 1912
- Natica schepmani Thiele, 1925
- Pagodidaphne schepmani (Thiele, 1925)
- Trivellona schepmani (Schilder, 1941)
- Lucerapex schepmani Shuto, 1970
- Clavosurcula schepmani Sysoev, 1997
- Mitra schepmani Salisbury & Guillot de Suduiraut, 2003
- Mitrella schepmani Monsecour & Monsecour, 2007
Bivalves:
- Neilonella schepmani Prashad, 1932
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b death certificate
- ^ (in French) Dautzenberg P. (1920). "Nécrologie. M. M. Schepman". Journal de Conchyliologie 64(4): 345.
- ^ Coan, Eugene V.; Kabat, Alan R.; Petit, Richard E. (8 March 2012). "2,400 years of malacology" (9th ed.): 1024 pp. + 76 pp. (Annex of Collations). American Malacological Society. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
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(help) - ^ Van Der Bijl, A.N.; Moolenbeek, R.G.; Gould, J. (2010). Mattheus Marinus Schepman (1847–1919) and His Contributions to Malacology. Leiden: Netherlands Malacological Society/Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging. p. 200. ISBN 978-90-815230-11.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Eichhorst, Tom (June 2011). "Book Review: "Mattheus Marinus Schepman (1847–1919) and His Contributions to Malacology"" (PDF). American Conchologist. 39 (2). Conchologists of America, Inc./Cardinal Printing: 37. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-03. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
- ^ a b "Mattheus Marinus Schepman". Official website of the Schepman family. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
- ^ WoRMS Taxon search Scientific name contains Schepman, Limit to accepted taxa, accessed 1 November 2012.
- ^ a b c Schepman M. M. (1886). "Mollusca". In: Veth P. (ed.) Midden-Sumatra. Reizen en onderzoekingen der Sumatra-expeditie, 4: 1-18, plates 1-3.
- ^ a b c d e Schepman M. M. (1896). "Zoological results of the Dutch Scientific Expedition to Central Borneo. The Mollusca of the Dutch Scientific Borneo-Expedition, with description of the new species". Notes from the Leyden Museum 17: 145-162, plate 2-4.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Schepman M. M. (1918). "On a collection of Land-, Freshwater- and Marine Mollusca from Northern New Guinea". Zoologische Mededelingen 4: 1–21. PDF.
- ^ a b c Schepman M. M. (1888). "Zoological researches in Liberia. List of Mollusca, with descriptions of new species". Notes from the Leyden Museum 10: 245-252, plate 10.
- ^ a b c d e Schepman M. M. (1896). "Descriptions of new Melanidae". Notes from the Leyden Museum 18: 135-139, plate 2.
- ^ Köhler F. & Glaubrecht M. (2006). "A systematic revision of the Southeast Asian freshwater gastropod Brotia (Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae)". Malacologia 48: 159-251, page 230
- ^ Schepman M. M. (1884). Neritina (Clithon) subocellata v. Martens, MS.". Notes from the Leyden Museum, VII: 49-50, plate 4, fig. 3.
- ^ Schepman M. M. (1897). "Descriptions of a new species of Unio". Notes from the Leyden Museum 18: 259-260.
- ^ a b Schepman M. M. (1904). "Descriptions of three new species of Oliva from the Siboga-expedition". Tijdschr. Ned. Dierk. Ver. 8: 67–69.
Further reading
[edit]- Works by or about Mattheus Marinus Schepman at the Internet Archive
- Bibliography, Gastropodus stromboidea
- van der Bijl, A.N.; Moolenbeek, R.G.; Goud, J. (c. 2010). Buijse, J. (ed.). "Mattheus Marinus Schepman (1847–1919) and his contributions to malacology: a malacological biography and bibliography. Notes on the history of the malacological collection of the Zoologisch Museum Amsterdam" (11). Leiden: Netherlands Malacological Society (NMV): 1–200.
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(help) HOLLIS# 012949244 QL31.M27 B55 2010 - Taylor J. W. (1908). Monograph of the land & freshwater Mollusca of the British Isles. Leeds, Taylor Brothers, vol. 3: viii + 522 pp., 35 plates. page 67.
- van der Bijl A. N. (1996). "The correspondence between M. M. Schepman and W. H. Dall". The Festivus 28(2): 18–20.
- Van Der Bijl, A.N.; Moolenbeek, R.G.; Gould, J. (2010). Mattheus Marinus Schepman (1847–1919) and His Contributions to Malacology. Leiden: Netherlands Malacological Society. p. 200. ISBN 978-90-815230-11.
- Genealogy of Mattheus Marinus Schepman[permanent dead link]
- K. Götting: Malakozoologie. Grundriss der Weichtierkunde. G. Fischer, Stuttgart 1974
- Maria Mizzaro-Wimmer; Luitfried Salvini-Plawen; Hans Kothbauer; Ferdinand Starmühlner (2001), Praktische Malakologie : Beiträge zur vergleichend-anatomischen Bearbeitung der Mollusken: Caudofoveata bis Gastropoda-"Streptoneura" (in German), Wien / New York: Springer, ISBN 3-211-83652-7
- Francisco W. Welter-Schultes (1998), Vollrath Wiese (ed.), "Die Landschnecken der griechischen Insel Gávdos, der südlichsten Insel Europas", Schriften zur Malakozoologie aus dem Haus der Natur • Cismar (in German), Grömitz: Haus der Natur Cismar