Chevalier Jean Baptiste Vérany (1800, in

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– 1865) was a French

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and naturalist who specialised in the study of

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s. In 1846, with Jean-Baptiste Barla (1817–1896), he founded the

Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Nice The Natural History Museum of Nice ( French: ''Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Nice'') is a French natural-history museum located in Nice. Origins The museum was founded in 1846 by Jean Baptiste Vérany (1800–1865), a French pharmacist ...

. Vérany discovered and described many species.

André Étienne d'Audebert de Férussac Baron André Étienne Justin Pascal Joseph François d'Audebert de Férussac (30 December 1786 – 21 January 1836) was a French naturalist best known for his studies of molluscs. (Two of his given names are sometimes spelt Just or Juste instead o ...

named ''

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'' for him.

Works

Partial list: * 1842 – Illustrations. ''Isis von Oken'', pp. 252–253. * 1844 – Description de deux genres nouveaux de mollusques nudibranches. ''Revue Zoologique par la Societe Cuvierienne'', pp. 302–303. * 1845 – Janus spinolae. ''Guerin Magazin de Zoologie'', series 2, 7:121-122, pl. 136. * 1846 – Descrizione di Genova e del Genovesato 1(2): ''Regno Animale Molluschi'', pp. 90–110, pls. 2-4. * 1846 – Catalogo degli animali invertebrati marini del golfo di Genova e Nizza. ''Est. dulla Guida di Genova'' 3: 1-30 * 1849 – Description d'un nouveau genre et d'une nouvelle espece de Mollusque. ''Revue et Magazin de Zoologie pure et appliquee'' (2), 1:593-594, pl. 17. * 1850 – Lomanotus, eine neue Gattung und Art Molluske. ''Tagsberichte uber die Fortschritte der Natur- und Heilkunde, Abth. fur zoologie und palaeontologie'' 1(16):89-96. * 1853 – Catalogue des Mollusques cephalopodes, pteropodes, Gasteropodes nudibranches, etc. des environs de Nice. ''Journal de Conchyliologie'' 4:375-392. * 1862 – Zoologie des Alpes-Maritimes. Statistique générale du département par J. Roux. * 1862 – Zoologie des Alpes-Maritimes ou catalogue des animaux observes dans la département, Nice, Imprimerie et Librairie Ch. Cauvin, pp. 1–102. Nudibranchia pp. 86–90. * 1851 – ''Céphalopodes de la Méditerranée''. Mollusques Méditerranéens Observes, Decrits, Figures et Chromolithographies a apres le vivant ouvrage dedii ASM le roi Charles Albert, I:1-132. * 1865 – Notice sur les Mollusques Nudibranches et description des six nouvelles Eolides de la Mediterranee. ''Annales de la Societe des Lettres, Sciences et Arts des Alpes-Maritimes'' 1:241-252.

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Images from the classic monograph by Jean-Baptiste Vernay
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