Federigo Luigi Appelius (1835-20 April 1876,
Livorno
Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 158,493 residents in December 2017. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn (pronou ...
) was an Italian
conchologist
Conchology () is the study of mollusc shells. Conchology is one aspect of malacology, the study of molluscs; however, malacology is the study of molluscs as whole organisms, whereas conchology is confined to the study of their shells. It includ ...
.
His mother was Italian and his father was a German speaking Swiss so he was bilingual.
He published : ''Le Conchiglie del
Mar Tirreno'', parte prima (pp. 1–27), parte seconda (pp. 1–49). Pisa, Tipografia Nistri (1869); Catalogo delle conchiglie fossili del Livornese desunto dalle collezioni e manoscritti del defunto G. B. Caterini. ''Bulletino Malacologico Italiano'', Pisa, vol. III (1871) ; Osservazioni bibliografiche sui molluschi del
Mar Rosso. ''Bullettino Malacologico Italiano'', 6: 12-24 (1873) and short papers.
References
*Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft
pdf* H. Crosse & P. Fischer, 1877. Nécrologie. Journal de Conchyliologie 25(1): 97
Italian zoologists
1876 deaths
1835 births
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