Sauveur Abel Aubert Petit de la Saussaye
Sauveur Abel Aubert Petit de la Saussaye (1792–1870)[1] was a malacologist from France. His surname is: Petit de la Saussaye.
From 1850 to 1853 he was editor of the "Journal de Conchyliologie".[2] He was the author of the following:
- Notice à l'usage des personnes qui s'occupent de la recherche des coquilles, 1838 - Instructions of usage for persons involved in the search for shells.
- Catalogue des mollusques testacés des mers d'Europe, 1869 - Catalog of shellfish mollusks found in the seas of Europe.[3]
Species described
Species and genera described by Sauveur Abel Aubert Petit de la Saussaye include (in chronology order):
- Rimellopsis powisii (Petit de la Saussaye, 1840)
- Thais capensis Petit de la Saussaye, 1852
- Triton loroisii Petit de la Saussaye, 1852 is a synonym for Turritriton labiosus (Wood, 1828)
- Recluzia Petit de la Saussaye, 1853
- Zophos baudoni (Petit de la Saussaye, 1853)
- Fusinus couei (Petit de la Saussaye, 1853)
- Xenophora caribaea Petit de la Saussaye, 1857
- Acteon senegalensis Petit de la Saussaye
References
- ↑ Coan E. V., Kabat A. R. & Petit R. E. (2009). 2,400 years of malacology, 6th ed., February 15, 2009, 830 pp. + 32 pp. [Annex of Collations]. American Malacological Society: http://www.malacological.org/publications/2400_malacology.html
- ↑ AntiQbook Journal de Conchyliologie
- ↑ Google Books (publications)