Félix Pierre Jousseaume (12 April 1835, in

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– 3 November 1921) was a French

zoologist Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the Animal, animal kingdom, including the anatomy, structure, embryology, evolution, Biological clas ...

and

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, ...

. He studied medicine in

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where he then practised. His thesis was ''Des Végétaux parasites de l'Homme''. He participated in the founding of the

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and was President of that society in 1878. After 1890 he abandoned his practice to study malacology. He made many trips to the

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, giving his collections to the

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. Jousseaume wrote many short scientific papers mainly published in ''Naturaliste, revue illustrée des sciences naturelles'', ''les Nouvelles archives des missions scientifiques et littéraires'', ''la Revue et magasin de zoologie'', and ''le Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France''. He also wrote in 1899 ''La Philosophie aux prises avec la Mer Rouge, le darwinisme et les 3 règnes des corps organisés'' (A. Maloine, Paris : xii + 559 p.), in 1907 ''De l'Attraction et autres joyeusetés de la science'' (A. Maloine, Paris : 160 p.) and in 1914'' Impressions de voyage en Apharras exte imprimé anthropologie, philosophie, morale d'un peuple errant berger et guerrier'' (J.-B. Baillière et fils, Paris, deux volumes : xviii + 700 et 575 p.).

Taxa

Taxa named in his honor include two genera and several species:''Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. I & J''
Last modified 8 July 2009, accessed 29 August 2009. *'' Jousseaumea'' Sacco, 1894 *'' Jousseaumiella'' Bourne, 1907 *'' Metis jusseaumei'' (Richard) *'' Amphibetaeus jousseaumei'' Coutière, 1896 *'' Neocallichirus jousseaumei'' (Nobili, 1904) *'' Murex jousseaumei'' Poirier, 1883 *'' Chlamys jousseaumei'' Bavay, 1904 *'' Cerithiopsis jousseaumei'' Jay & Drivas, 2002 *'' Clathrosansonia jousseaumei'' (Bavai, 1921)

Works

''Coquilles de la famille des marginelles''
(1875)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jousseaume, Felix Pierre French malacologists Conchologists 1835 births 1921 deaths French taxonomists French zoologists 19th-century French zoologists 20th-century French zoologists

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