Louis Charles Kiener (31 July 1799 – 24 July 1881) was a French

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, ...

born in

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. He was the author of the 12-volume ''Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes comprenant la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Paris, la collection Lamarck, celle du prince Masséna (appartenant maintenant a M.B. Delessert) et les découvertes récentes des voyageurs'', translated into English as "General species and iconography of recent shells : comprising the Massena Museum, the collection of

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, the collection of the

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, and the recent discoveries of travellers. The following are a few species named after him: *'' Lophotriorchis kienerii'' ( G. de Sparre, 1835) *'' Murexsul kieneri'' ( Reeve, 1845) *'' Thais kieneri'' ( Deshayes, 1844) *'' Cypraea kieneri'' (Kiener's cowry) (

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, 1906).petymol
(list of species)

Bibliography

* Kiener L. C. (1839). Genre Pleurotome. ( ''Pleurotoma'', Lam.). In: “Spécies Général et Iconographie des Coquilles Vivantes 5”. J. B. Baillière. Paris. pp. 17–84.

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1799 births 1881 deaths French malacologists {{France-zoologist-stub