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Charles Des Moulins
Charles Des Moulins, full name Charles Robert Alexandre Des Moulins (13 March 1798 – 23 December 1875) 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, and the ''Société linnéenne de Bordeaux'', of which he served as its president in 1826. Taxa 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, 186 a marine gastropod * '' Anodonta desmoulinsiana'' Locard, 188 a freshwater bivalve * '' Nerita desmoulinsiana'' Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933, a mari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botanist
Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek word (''botanē'') meaning "pasture", " herbs" "grass", or " fodder"; is in turn derived from (), "to feed" or "to graze". Traditionally, botany has also included the study of fungi and algae by mycologists and phycologists respectively, with the study of these three groups of organisms remaining within the sphere of interest of the International Botanical Congress. Nowadays, botanists (in the strict sense) study approximately 410,000 species of land plants of which some 391,000 species are vascular plants (including approximately 369,000 species of flowering plants), and approximately 20,000 are bryophytes. Botany originated in prehistory as herbalism with the efforts of early humans to identify – and later cultivate – edible, med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anodonta Desmoulinsiana
''Anodonta'' is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Species Species in this genus include: * ''Anodonta anatina'' Linné, 1758 – duck mussel * ''Anodonta beringiana'' Middendorff, 1851 – Yukon floater * ''Anodonta californiensis'' I. Lea, 1852 – California floater * '' Anodonta cataracta'' Say, 1817 – eastern floater * ''Anodonta couperiana'' I. Lea, 1840 – barrel floater * ''Anodonta cygnea'' Linné, 1758 – swan mussel * ''Anodonta dejecta'' Lewis, 1875 – woebegone floater * ''Anodonta gibbosa'' Say, 1824 * ''Anodonta hartfieldorum'' * ''Anodonta heardi'' M. E. Gordon and Hoeh, 1995 – Apalachicola floater * ''Anodonta imbecillis'' Say, 1829 synonym ''Utterbackia imbecillis'' * ''Anodonta implicata'' Say, 1829 – alewife floater * ''Anodonta kennerlyi'' I. Lea, 1860 – western floater * '' Anodonta nuttalliana'' Lea, 1838 – winged floater * ''Anodonta oregonensis'' I. Lea, 1838 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1875 Deaths
Events January–March * January 1 – The Midland Railway of England abolishes the Second Class passenger category, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies follow Midland's lead during the rest of the year (Third Class is renamed Second Class in 1956). * January 5 – The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris. * January 12 – Guangxu becomes the 11th Qing Dynasty Emperor of China at the age of 3, in succession to his cousin. * January 14 – The newly proclaimed King Alfonso XII of Spain (Queen Isabella II's son) arrives in Spain to restore the monarchy during the Third Carlist War. * February 3 – Third Carlist War – Battle of Lácar: Carlist commander Torcuato Mendíri secures a brilliant victory, when he surprises and routs a Government force under General Enrique Bargés at Lácar, east of Estella, nearly capturing newly crowned King Alfonso XII. The C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1798 Births
Events January–June * January – Eli Whitney contracts with the U.S. federal government for 10,000 muskets, which he produces with interchangeable parts. * January 4 – Constantine Hangerli enters Bucharest, as Prince of Wallachia. * January 22 – A coup d'état is staged in the Netherlands ( Batavian Republic). Unitarian Democrat Pieter Vreede ends the power of the parliament (with a conservative-moderate majority). * February 10 – The Pope is taken captive, and the Papacy is removed from power, by French General Louis-Alexandre Berthier. * February 15 – U.S. Representative Roger Griswold (Fed-CT) beats Congressman Matthew Lyon (Dem-Rep-VT) with a cane after the House declines to censure Lyon earlier spitting in Griswold's face; the House declines to discipline either man.''Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909'', ed. by Benson John Lossing and, Woodrow Wilson (Harper & Brothers, 1910) p171 * March &ndas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Cambessèdes
Jacques Cambessèdes (26 August 1799 – 19 October 1863) was a French botanist born in Montpellier. In March – June 1825, prompted by suggestions of Jaques Étienne Gay and Alexander von Humboldt, Cambessèdes performed investigations involving flora of the Balearic Islands. From this expedition he published the informal ''Excursions dans les îles Baléares'' (1826) and the first floristic inventory of the Balearics, ''Enumeratio plantarum quas in insulis Balearibus collegit'' (1827). In 1851, he married the botanical illustrator Marie Eulalie Ledoux, widow of Alire Raffeneau Delile, known as Mme. Eulalie Delile. A. Lombard-Dumas. La Botanique dans le Gard de Pouzolz et son Oeuvre. in Bulletin. Société d'étude des sciences naturelles de Nîmes. volume 27. pages 111-118. 189 He has several botanical species named after him, including '' Paeonia cambessedesii'', a peony native to Majorca Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest island in the Balearic Islands, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sapindaceae
The Sapindaceae are a family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales known as the soapberry family. It contains 138 genera and 1858 accepted species. Examples include horse chestnut, maples, ackee and lychee. The Sapindaceae occur in temperate to tropical regions, many in laurel forest habitat, throughout the world. Many are laticiferous, i.e. they contain latex, a milky sap, and many contain mildly toxic saponins with soap-like qualities in either the foliage and/or the seeds, or roots. The largest genera are ''Serjania'', ''Paullinia'', ''Allophylus'' and '' Acer''. Description Plants of this family have a variety of habits, from trees to herbaceous plants to lianas. The leaves of the tropical genera are usually spirally alternate, while those of the temperate maples ('' Acer), Aesculus'', and a few other genera are opposite. They are most often pinnately compound, but are palmately compound in ''Aesculus'', and simply palmate in ''Acer''. The petiole has a swollen ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphorbia Milii
''Euphorbia milii'', the crown of thorns, Christ plant, or Christ thorn, is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae, native to Madagascar. The species name commemorates Baron Milius, once Governor of Réunion, who introduced the species to France in 1821. It is imagined that the species was introduced to the Middle East in ancient times, and legend associates it with the crown of thorns worn by Christ. It is commonly used as an ornamental houseplant that can be grown in warmer climates. The common name is due to the thorns and deep red bracts referring to the crown thorn Jesus had to wear during his crucifixion and his blood. Description It is a woody succulent subshrub or shrub growing to tall, with densely spiny stems. The straight, slender spines, up to long, help it scramble over other plants. The fleshy, green leaves are found mainly on new growth, and are up to long and broad. The flowers are small, subtended by a pair of conspicuous petal-li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vertigo Moulinsiana
Desmoulin's whorl snail (''Vertigo moulinsiana'') is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails. This species was named in honor of the early-19th-century French naturalist Charles des Moulins. Habitat Desmoulin's whorl snail inhabits calcareous wetlands, where there are tall sedges, saw-sedge (''Cladium mariscus''), reed-grass (''Glyceria maxima'') or the reed ''Phragmites australis''. Distribution The distribution of this species is Atlantic (the part of the Palearctic area which is under the direct climatic influence of the Atlantic Ocean), and southern-European. This small snail occurs across Europe as far north as southern Sweden. Within Western Europe, only the populations in England (Great Britain) and Ireland are considered to be viable, although further populations exist in the Czech Republic (critically endangered, occupying the White Carpathians Biospher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nerita Desmoulinsiana
''Nerita'' is a genus of medium-sized to small sea snails with a gill and an operculum, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Neritinae of the family Neritidae, the nerites.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Nerita Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138254 on 2021-09-20 This is the type genus of the family Neritidae. Distribution and habitat Species of ''Nerita'' can be found worldwide in tropical waters in the middle and upper intertidal zones. They are gregarious herbivores. Description The thick shell is broadly ovate or globular and low-spired. It has a smooth surface. The shells are spirally ribbed or show some axial sculpturing. The ventral side has a large columellar callus or parietal wall. The callus shows small pustules. The aperture and the edge of the columella are usually dentate with fine or robust teeth. The calcareus operculum is thick and can be smooth or w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pisania Desmoulinsi
''Pisania'' is a genus of marine whelk in the family Pisaniidae. Some species prey on barnacles. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) species with accepted names within the genus ''Pisania'' include: * '' Pisania angusta'' Smith, 1899 * '' Pisania bilirata'' (Reeve, 1846) * '' Pisania costata'' Thiele, 1925 * '' Pisania decollata'' (Sowerby I, 1833) * '' Pisania fasciculata'' (Reeve, 1846) * '' Pisania gracilis'' (Sowerby, 1859) * '' Pisania hedleyi'' (Iredale, 1912) * '' Pisania hermannseni'' A. Adams, 1855 * '' Pisania ignea'' (Gmelin, 1790) * '' Pisania jenningsi'' (Cernohorsky, 1966) * '' Pisania lirocincta'' G.B. Sowerby III, 1910 * '' Pisania luctuosa'' Tapparone-Canefri, 1880 * † '' Pisania magna'' Foresti, 1868 * † '' Pisania mariavictoriae'' Brunetti & Della Bella, 2016 * † '' Pisania plioangustata'' Sacco, 1904 * '' Pisania pusio'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Pisania rosadoi'' Bozzetti & Ferrario, 2005 * '' Pisania scholvieni'' Rolle, 1892 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malacologist
Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (mollusks or molluscs), the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods. Mollusks include snails and slugs, clams, and cephalopods, along with numerous other kinds, many of which have shells. One division of malacology, conchology, is devoted to the study of mollusk shells. Malacology derives . Fields within malacological research include taxonomy, ecology Ecology () is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overlaps wi ... and evolution. Applied malacology studies medical, veterinary, and agricultural applications; for example, mollusks as vectors of disease, as in schistosomiasis. Archaeology employs malacology to understand the evolution of the climate, the biota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. There are many thousands of species of sea snails and slugs, as well as freshwater snails, freshwater limpets, and land snails and slugs. The class Gastropoda contains a vast total of named species, second only to the insects in overall number. The fossil history of this class goes back to the Late Cambrian. , 721 families of gastropods are known, of which 245 are extinct and appear only in the fossil record, while 476 are currently extant with or without a fossil record. Gastropoda (previously known as univalves and sometimes spelled "Gasteropoda") are a major part of the phylum Mollusca, and are the most highly diversified class in the phylum, with 65,000 to 80,000 living snail and slug species. The anatomy, behavior, feeding, and re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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