Otto Franz von Möllendorff (24 December 1848 – 17 August 1903) was a German scientist, a malacologist. In 1894, Jose Rizal sent (from Dapitan) to Möllendorff (who was in Manila at that time) specimens of large sea snails known as tun shells together with some specimens of a species of small

freshwater snail Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks which live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs ...

s stored in glass vials. The species of small snails was later named '' Oncomelania quadrasi'' by Möllendorff in 1895 in honour of Don José Florencio Quadras, a Spanish malacologist who was also based in Manila at that time.Davis GM (1979). "The origin and evolution of the gastropod family Pomatiopsidae, with emphasis on the Mekong river Triculinae". '' Academy of natural Sciences of Philadelphia'', Monograph 20: 1-120.
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A species of rat snake, ''

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'', is named in his honor.

Bibliography

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* WoRMS
list of marine species named by Otto Franz von Möllendorff

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*. * Obituary: W. Kobelt, 1903. Otto Franz von Moellendorff. Journal of Malacology 10(4): 122-125, pl. 11 ranslated by D. F. Heynemann, from Kobelt (1903), Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 35(11- 12): 161-167 German malacologists 1848 births 1903 deaths {{Germany-zoologist-stub