Charles Des Moulins, full name Charles Robert Alexandre Des Moulins (13 March 1798 – 23 December 1875)[1] was a French naturalist, a botanist and malacologist.
He was a member of several learned societies, including the American Philosophical Society, which elected him an international Member in 1861,[2] and the Société linnéenne de Bordeaux, of which he served as its president in 1826.[3]
Taxa edit
Moulins named and described numerous species of snails, for example:
- Pagodulina pagodula (Des Moulins, 1830)
In turn, in recognition of his services to malacology, a number of species of mollusks were named after him. These latter species included both fossil and recent, both bivalves and gastropods and were mainly non-marine species, however, a few were marine species. Examples as follows:
- Pisania desmoulinsi Montrouzier, 1864 [1], a marine gastropod
- Anodonta desmoulinsiana Locard, 1882 [2], a freshwater bivalve
- Nerita desmoulinsiana Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933, a marine gastropod
- Vertigo moulinsiana Dupuy, 1849, a terrestrial gastropod
Moulins also named various species of plants, including:
- Euphorbia milii Des Moulins, 1826 [3]
The botanical genus Moulinsia (family Sapindaceae) was named in his honor by Jacques Cambessèdes.[4][5]
Bibliography edit
- 1831: Etudes s. l. Echinides [4]
- 1840: Catalogue raisonné des plantes qui croissent spontanément dans le département de la Dordogne. distribuées d'après le synopsis florae Germanicae et Helveticae du docteur G.D.J. Koch. Bordeaux : Th. Lafargue.
- 1859: Comparaison des départements de la Gironde et de la Dordogne sous le rapport de leur végétation spontanée et de leurs cultures.[7]
- 1869: Quelques réflexions sur la doctrine scientifique dite Darwinisme.[8]
References edit
- ^ Eugene V. Coan, Alan R. Kabat & Richard E. Petit, 2009. 2,400 years of malacology, 6th ed. Archived 2018-10-05 at the Wayback Machine February 15, 2009, 830 pp. + 32 pp. [Annex of Collations]. American Malacological Society.
- ^ "Charles Desmoulins". American Philosophical Society Member History Database. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ Sociétés savantes de France biography in French
- ^ BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
- ^ Moulinsia Cambess. Trpoicos.org
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Des Moul.
- ^ Comparaison des départements de la Gironde et de la Dordogne... HathiTrust Digital Library
- ^ Quelques réflexions sur la doctrine scientifique dite Darwinisme OCLC WorldCat
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