Arnould Locard

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Arnould Locard
Arnould Locard

Arnould Locard
Born (1841-12-08)December 8, 1841
Died October 28, 1904(1904-10-28) (aged 62)
Nationality French
Fields malacology, geology

Étienne Alexandre Arnould Locard (8 December 1841 - 28 October 1904), usually known as Arnould Locard, was a French naturalist, malacologist and geologist.[1] His name can be abbreviated/spelled as Arnoul at plates, for example Crosse (1980).[2]

Born in Lyon, he was the son of engineer Eugene Locard. He was a student at École Centrale Paris. He is considered one of the more prolific malacologists of the so-called "new school" with Jules René Bourguignat (1828-1892) as his master.

Locard is credited with describing hundreds of zoological species, in particular freshwater mussels and gastropods from the genus Helix. During his career he did very little collecting of specimens himself, preferring to work in an institution/museum environment. In 1895, he revised the conchological collection of Jacques Philippe Raymond Draparnaud (1772-1804).

Among his many publications are articles on the geology of the Lyon region, and treatises on fossil and living mollusks. He was the author of detailed biographies of naturalists, such as Martial Étienne Mulsant (1797-1880) and Gaspard Michaud (1795-1880), also writing an historical article, titled Malacologistes lyonnais.

Locard was a member of the Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Lyon (1879-1904), the Société française de malacologie, the Société géologique de France and the Société linnéenne de Lyon 1881-1904, president- 1882). He was a founding member of the Association lyonnaise des amis des sciences naturelles.

Principal works

  • 1881-1890. Contributions à la Faune malacologique française. Ann. Soc. linn. Lyon et Ann. Soc. Hist. nat. Agric. Arts utiles Lyon. regroupant 15 mémoires.
  • 1884-1887. Matériaux pour servir à l'histoire de la Malacologie française. Bull. Soc. mal. Fr. Paris. regroupant 7 mémoires.
  • 1884. Histoire des Mollusques dans l'Antiquite.
  • 1888-1898. Notices conchyliologiques. L'Echange, Revue linnéenne, Lyon. rassemblant 50 mémoires.

Taxa described

Taxa described by Arnould Locard include (sorted chronologically, gastropods and bivalves):

1882

  • Cernuella aginnica (Locard, 1882)
  • Helicella bolenensis (Locard, 1882)
  • Chilostoma crombezi (Locard, 1882)
  • Spiralix rayi (Locard, 1882)
  • Urticicola isaricus (Locard, 1882)

1886

1889

  • Mytilaster marioni (Locard, 1889)

1891

1892

1893

  • Dreissena anatolica Locard, 1893
  • Dreissena gallandi Locard, 1893
  • Dreissena siouffi Locard, 1893

1894

  • Oxychilus colliourensis (Locard, 1894)

1896

1897

1898

  • Bathysciadium costulatum (Locard, 1898)
  • Calliostoma milneedwardsi (Locard, 1898)
  • Calliostoma obesulum (Locard, 1898)
  • Capulus simplex Locard, 1898
  • Cardiomya striolata (Locard, 1898)
  • Cetoconcha transversa (Locard, 1898)
  • Cuspidaria semirostrata Locard, 1898
  • Emarginula elata Locard, 1898
  • Emarginula intervecta Locard, 1898
  • Gibbula corallioides Locard, 1898
  • Halicardia carinifera (Locard, 1898)
  • Hyalopecten parvulinus (Locard, 1898)
  • Megaxinus appendiculatus (Locard, 1898)
  • Nuculana vestita (Locard, 1898)
  • Panacca africana (Locard, 1898)
  • Policordia densicostata (Locard, 1898)
  • Rhinoclama nitens (Locard, 1898)
  • Solariella cingulima (Locard, 1898)
  • Solariella effossima Locard, 1898
  • Solariella mogadorensis (Locard, 1898)
  • Solariella rudecta (Locard, 1898)
  • Talochlamys abscondita (P. Fischer in Locard, 1898)
  • Turcicula miranda (Locard, 1898)
  • Vertambitus triangularis (Locard, 1898)
  • Verticordia triangularis Locard, 1898

1899

  • Planktomya prima (Locard, 1899)

1900

1902

Named in honor

Taxa named in honor of Arnould Locard include:

  • Aphanitoma locardi Bavay, 1906[3]
  • Panacca locardi (Dall, 1903)

References

  1. ↑ Coan E. V., Kabat A. R. & Petit R. E. (15 February 2009). 2,400 years of malacology, 6th ed., 830 pp. & 32 pp. [Annex of Collations]. American Malacological Society
  2. ↑ Crosse H. (1890). "Faune malacologique terrestre et fluvitile de l'Ille de la Trinité (Antilles)." Journal de conchyliologie 38: 35-335. plates 1-9.
  3. ↑ Bavay A. (1906). "Mollusques trouvés dans les résidus de dragages du Travailleur". Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 12: 547-549.

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