Jules René Bourguignat

Jules René Bourguignat.

Jules René Bourguignat (19 August 1829, Brienne-Napoléon, Aube 7 April 1892) was a French malacologist, a scientist who studied mollusks. He served as secretary-general of the Société malacologique de France.[1] During his lifetime, he traveled widely, visiting, for example, Lake Tanganyika and North Africa.[2][3] He reportedly defined 112 new genera and around 2540 new species of mollusks.[4]

Taxa

Bourguignat named and described many genera and species of mollusks, including:

Bibliography

(partly in French)

References

  1. Google Books Catalogue général de la librairie francaise
  2. Bourguignat, Jules René (1888-01-01). Iconographie malacologique des animaux mollusques fluviatiles du Lac Tanganika (in French). Impr. Crété.
  3. Bourguignat, Jules-René (1870-01-01). Souvenirs d'une exploration scientifique dans le nord de l'Afrique (in French). Challamel aîné.
  4. Piaget Before Piaget By Fernando Vidal
  5. Taxon author: Bourguignat, 1885 ITIS
  6. Bridouxia Bourguignat, 1885.
  7. Reymondia Bourguignat, 1885
  8. GBIF Spekia Bourguignat, 1879

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