Wilhelm August Wenz

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Wilhelm August Wenz (1886 – 1945) was a German malacologist, born in Frankfurt am Main. He is the author of the 7-part Gastropoda section of Handbuch der Paläozoologie (1938-1944), a very important review that described all known fossil genera. Only a few copies of this rare work survive: almost the entire stock of later editions was destroyed during the Second World War.

[edit] Partial bibliography

• Wenz, W. (1938-1944), Gastropoda: Handbuch der Paläozoologie, ed. by O.H. Schindewolf, Berlin (Verlag Gebrüder Bornträger).

[edit] References

• Moore, R.C., Lalicker, C.G., and Fischer, A. G., 1952, Invertebrate Fossils, McGraw Hill Book Company, New York; p.334
• Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. V & W