Guido Poppe

Guido Poppe

Guido Poppe
Fields conchology
Known for research in Volutidae and Trochidae

Guido T. Poppe (born 11 September 1954) is a Belgian malacologist, shell dealer and author of more than 20 books and publications about shells, mainly about the families Volutidae and Trochidae.

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Biography

The son of an enthusiastic sports fisherman, Guido became fascinated at a young age by marine life during yearly holidays in Brittany, France. His first diving experiences were in these cold waters in 1968.

He developed a career as a professional freelance conchologist. This allowed him to dive in many parts of the world, in European waters and in many tropical seas from Baja California to Queensland, Australia. In 2003 he moved from Belgium to the Philippines. Most of his dives are now concentrated in the Philippines. After more than 6,000 dives, he has compiled an extensive collection of photographs of seashells and marine life.[1]

His interest in conchology gradually brought him fame in this field, mainly through publishing books on the subject.

He was the vice-president of the Société Belge de Malacologie (Belgian Malacological Society) for eight years.

Scientific work

He discovered more than 1000 new species of Mollusca and described more than 230 of these, mainly in the families Volutidae and Trochidae and on the Philippine malacofauna. The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) has already listed 199 marine species named by Poppe (alone or together with others such as SheilaTagaro, Henk Dekker, Yoshihiro Goto or Salisbury) in its database.[2] More than 30 species have been named after him by scientists from all over the world either with the epithet poppei[3] or with the epithet guidoi.[4]

In July 2004 Guido Poppe created together with his son Philippe Poppe (1977–) the journal, Visaya, specialising in the taxonomy of Mollusca. He named the calliostoma topsnail Calliostoma philippeiPoppe, 2004, another sea snail Calliotropis philippei Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006, and the micromollusc Granulina philpoppei Cossignani Tiziano, 2006 after his son. Guido Poppe named the topsnail Calliostoma mariae after his mother Maria Peyskens.

Bibliography

In 1999 with Klaus Groh, he started the prestigious series "A Conchological Iconography", which today is one of the biggest compilations of its time. The following volumes have already appeared:

Poppe also wrote dozens of popular articles in journals and magazines such as Hawaiian Shell News, Of Sea and Shore, Malacologia, Apex, Novapex, Musorstom, Informations, Gloria Maris, Visaya etc.

Scientific collections

As a collector he built major conchological collections, which are now housed in prestigious museums all over the world:

Museum correspondent

In 1996 he was honoured by the Museum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris and attributed the title of Correspondent of the Museum.[21] In 2006 he received the title of Scientific Associate, Malacologie Section, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences.[21]

References

  1. ^ Poppe images : Marine Iconographyof the Philippine Archipelago
  2. ^ World Register of Marine Species : List of species named by Poppe
  3. ^ World Register of Marine Species: List of species named after Guido Poppe and Philippe Poppe
  4. ^ WoRMS: Species named after Guido Poppe with the epithet guidoi
  5. ^ Poppe, G.T. (1985). Notes on the genus Cymbiolacca (Gastropoda, Volutidae), with the description of a novel species and a novel form Inf. Soc. Belge Malac. 13(3-4): 187-209, 3 plates
  6. ^ Poppe, G.T. (1986). A novel species and a novel subspecies of Volutidae from northwestern Australia APEX 1(1): 27-32
  7. ^ Poppe, G.T.; Goto, Y. (1991). European seashells: 1. (Polyplacophora, Caudofoveata, Solenogastra, Gastropoda). Christa Hemmen: Wiesbaden, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-07-4. 352 pp.
  8. ^ Poppe, G.T.; Goto, Y. (2000). European seashells: 2. (Scaphopoda, Bivalva, Cephalopoda). 2nd print. ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-10-4. 221 pp
  9. ^ Poppe, G.T. (2008). Philippine marine mollusks: I. (Gastropoda - Part I). ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN 978-3-939767-08-5. 759 pp
  10. ^ Poppe, G.T. (2008). Philippine marine mollusks: II. (Gastropoda - Part 2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN 978-3-939767-17-6. 848 pp.
  11. ^ Poppe, G.T. (2010). Philippine marine mollusks: III. (Gastropoda Part 3 & Bivalvia Part 1). ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN 978-3-939767-18-3. 665 pp
  12. ^ Poppe, G.T. (2010). Philippine marine mollusks: IV. (Bivalvia Part 2 & Scaphopoda, Polyplacophora, Cephalopdoa & Addenda). ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN 978-3-939767-29-9. 675 pp
  13. ^ Poppe, G.T.; Brulet, T.; Dance, S.P. (1999). The family Harpidae. A conchological iconography. ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN 3-925919-28-7. 69, 51 photoplates pp
  14. ^ Kreipl, K.; Poppe, G.T.; Man in 't Veld, L.; De Turck, K. (1999). The family Strombidae. A conchological iconography. ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN 3-925919-29-5. 58, 130 photo plates pp.
  15. ^ Verhaeghe, M.; Poppe, G.T. (2000). The family Ficidae. A conchological iconography. ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN 3-925919-30-X. 31, 27 photo plates pp.
  16. ^ Geiger, D.L.; Poppe, G.T. (2000). The family Haliotidae. A conchological iconography. ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN 3-925919-31-7. 135, 83 photo plates pp
  17. ^ ail, P.; Limpus, A.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). The genus Amoria. A conchological iconography. ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN 3-925919-46-5. 50, 93 photo plates pp
  18. ^ Groh, K. et al. (2002). The family Acavidae excluding genus Ampelita. A conchological iconography. ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN 3-925919-48-1. 69, 44 photo plates
  19. ^ Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2004). The tribe Lyriini: A revision of the Recent species of the genera Lyria, Callipara, Harpulina, Enaeta and Leptoscapa. A conchological iconography. ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN 3-925919-65-1. 93, 68 photo plates pp
  20. ^ Monteiro, A.; Tenorio, M.J.; Poppe, G.T. (2004). The family Conidae: The West African and Mediterranean species of Conus. A conchological iconography. ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN 3-925919-68-6. 102, 164 photo plates pp
  21. ^ a b Conchology Inc : About us; a short biography of Poppe

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