Adolf (Adolfo) Stossich (16 January 1824 in

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– 24 June 1900 in

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) was an Austrian naturalist. He was the father of helminthologist Michele Stossich. He received his education in

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, and from 1861 to 1891 worked as a teacher at an upper secondary school in Trieste. He conducted studies of bryozoans native to the

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as well as research of marine, terrestrial and freshwater

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of the Adriatic region. As a malacologist he worked closely with Simon Robič (1824–1897). During his career, he served as secretary of the Società agraria di Trieste and as vice-president of the Società Adriatica di Scienze naturali.

Taxa named after Adolf Stossich

* ''Clausilia stossichi'', described by Oskar Boettger (1878). * ''Hippeutis stossichi'', described by Stefan Clessin, (1878). * ''Mangelia stossiciana'', described by Spiridon Brusina (1869).

Selected writings

* ''Fauna adriatica, pars I''. (1862). * ''Index molluscorum, quae usque adhuc reperit'': Series I. (1862). * ''Una excursiona botanica sul monte Slavnik nel litorale'', 1863 – A botanical excursion to

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. * ''Enumerazione dei Molluschi del Golfo di Trieste'' (1865) – Enumeration of mollusks from the

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. * ''Il caseificio alla Esposizione industriale agricola austro-ungarica in Trieste nell'anno 1882'', (1882) – The dairy farm at the Austro-Hungarian Industrial Exhibition in Trieste in 1882.Google Search
published works

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stossich, Adolf 1824 births 1900 deaths Scientists from Rijeka Conchologists Malacologists Naturalists from the Austrian Empire Naturalists from Austria-Hungary