Gustav Schwartz (his last name also spelled Schwarz), full name Gustav Franziskus Maria Schwarz von Mohrenstern (May 5, 1809 – June 15, 1890) was an

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paleontologist Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossi ...

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 was born in

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, the son of Johann Jakov Schwartz von Mohrenstern. He died by suicide in

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. He studied the

natural sciences Natural science is one of the branches of science concerned with the description, understanding and prediction of natural phenomena, based on empirical evidence from observation and experimentation. Mechanisms such as peer review and repeatab ...

from 1823 to 1828 at polytechnic school, an Austrian career preparatory high school system in the Austrian education system. In later life, he specialized in the study of the

Rissoidae Rissoidae is a large family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Rissooidea and the order Littorinimorpha Littorinimorpha is a large order of snails, gastropods, consisting pr ...

, a large and challenging family of very small marine gastropod mollusks. His unfinished thesis was on the rissoid genus ''

Alvania ''Alvania'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae. ''Alvania'' as currently used may not be monophyletic. Distribution These marine species can be found worldwide (except in the An ...

''. In 1867, Schwartz was a correspondent of the

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Taxa described by Schwartz

Taxa described by Schwartz include: * '' Alvania watsoni'' (1873) * '' Rissoina philippiana'' (1860) * ''

Rissoina antoni ''Rissoina'' is a large genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks, in the family Rissoinidae. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with valid are included within th ...

'' (1860) * ''

Rissoina basteroti ''Rissoina'' is a large genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks, in the family Rissoinidae. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with valid are included within th ...

'' (1860) * '' Rissoina bicollaris'' (1860) * '' Rissoina canaliculata'' (1860) * '' Rissoina coronata'' (1860) * ''

Rissoina deshayesi ''Rissoina deshayesi'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae. Description The height of the shell attains 5.5 mm Distribution This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off R� ...

'' (1860) * ''

Rissoina fenestrata ''Rissoina fenestrata'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae. Distribution This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico; in the Indian Ocean off the Aldabra A ...

'' (1860) * ''

Rissoina hanleyi ''Rissoina'' is a large genus of minute sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks, in the family (biology), family Rissoinidae. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species ...

'' (1860) * ''

Rissoina labrosa ''Rissoina'' is a large genus of minute sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks, in the family (biology), family Rissoinidae. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species ...

'' (1860) * '' Rissoina myosoroides'' (1864) * '' Rissoina obeliscus'' (1860) * '' Rissoina media'' (1860) * ''

Phosinella media ''Phosinella'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks, in the family (biology), family Rissoinidae. Species Species within the genus ''Phosinella'' include: * † ''Phosinella alexisi'' (Lad ...

'' (1860)

Taxa named in honor of Schwartz

Taxa named in honor of Schwartz include: * ''

Schwartziella ''Schwartziella'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Zebinidae. The generic name ''Schwartziella'' is in honor of Gustav Franziskus Maria Schwartz von Mohrenstern. Distribution ''Schwartzi ...

'' G. Nevill, 1881Nevill G. (1881). "New or little-known mollusca of the Indo-Malayan fauna". ''

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal The Asiatic Society is a government of India organisation founded during the Company rule in India to enhance and further the cause of "Oriental research", in this case, research into India and the surrounding regions. It was founded by the p ...

'' 50(2): 125-167
page 162
* ''

Alvania schwartziana ''Alvania schwartziana'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae Rissoidae is a large family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in t ...

'' Brusina, 1866 Brusina S. (1866). "Contribuzione pella fauna dei molluschi dalmati". ''Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-königlichen Zoologisch-botanisch Gesellschaft in Wien'' 16: 1-134
page 25
26.

Publications

* ''Über die Familie der Rissoiden und Insbesondere die Gattung Rissoina'', 1860. Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna * ''Über die Familie der Rissoiden. II. Rissoa.'', 1864. Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna * ''Rissoidae, A Mollus Family'', Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Volume 19, 1861 Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schwartz, Gustav Austrian scientists Austrian paleontologists Austrian malacologists 1809 births 1890 deaths People from Bruck an der Leitha District Suicides in Austria