Joachim Johann Nepomuk Anton Spalowsky (1752, Reichenberg – 1797) was an

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n naturalist and

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. "He was a surgeon attached to the civic regiments of

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." Spalowsky's 1795 treatise on

conchology 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 ...

, ''Prodromus in Systema Historicum Testaceorum'', published by the widow of

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, includes original descriptions of several new species. He also wrote works on birds, plants, and mammals, including ''Beytrag zur Naturgeschichte der Vögel'' (1790–95). He was a Member of the

Royal Czech Society of Sciences Royal Bohemian Society of Sciences ( la, Regia Societas Scientiarum Bohemica; german: Königliche böhmische Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften; cs, Královská česká společnost nauk) was established in 1784 – originally without the adjective " ...

References

*Alan R Kabat, 1996
J.J.N.A. Spalowsky (1752–97) and the Prodromus in Systema Historicum Testaceorum (1795)
''Archives of Natural History'' (1996) 23 (2): 245–54 {{DEFAULTSORT:Spalowsky, Joachim Johann Nepomuk Anton Spalowsky Conchologists Czech zoologists Liberec 1752 births 1797 deaths