Yoichirō Hirase

Yoichirō Hirase

Yoichirō Hirase
Born December 4, 1859(1859-12-04)
Awaji Island, Japan
Died May 25, 1925(1925-05-25) (aged 65)
Japan
Fields malacology

Yoichirō Hirase (平瀬 與一郎 Hirase Yoichirō?, December 4, 1859 - May 25, 1925) was a Japanese malacologist. His son, Shintarō Hirase, (1884-1939) was also a malacologist.

Majority of his valuable collection of molluscs have been destroyed during the World War II.[1]

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Taxa described

References

  1. ^ Clench W. J. (1948). "The Hirase collections of mollusks". The Nautilus 62(1): 34-35.

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