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.

Bibliography

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(German) Fischer K. & Wenz W. A. (1914) Die Landschneckenkalke des Mainzer Beckens und ihre Fauna.
Wenz W. (1923-1930) "Gastropoda extramarina tertiaria" Fossilium catalogus, I: Animalia. 3387 pp., published in parts.
(German) Wenz W. (1938-1944) Teil 1: Allgemeiner Teil und Prosobranchia. In: Schindewolf O. H. (ed.) Handbuch der Paläozoologie, Band 6, Gastropoda, Verlag Gebrüder Bornträger, Berlin, xii + 1639 pp.

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

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Name	Wenz, Wilhelm August
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Short description	German malacologist
Date of birth	1886
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Date of death	1945
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