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Ailly: Adolf d' (1855 - 1927) wrote papers on African non-marine mollusca. His main collection is in the Rijksmuseum (Stockholm, Sweden). Some material, inclusing possible syntypes is in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales. Obituary: Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 59: 312-315.
Alberti: Prince of Monaco (1848 - 1922) He was responsible for the cruises of the Hirondelle and Princess Alice in the Mediterranean and Atlantic. He founded the Oceanographic Museum in Monaco in 1910. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Alcock: Alfred William (1859 - 1933) He was historian to the Indian Marine Survey steamer Investigator. He wrote several papers on the non-molluscan results of the survey. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales. Obituary: Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 31: 726-728.
Ancey: César-Marie-Felix (1860-1906) had wide geographical interests which included land Mollusca from the Pacific, Asia, Europe and Africa. He also published on Entomology and was for a short time Conservator of the Oberthur Entomological Collections at Rennes. He then turned to Administration, and was appointed to various posts in Algeria including, Fort National (Djurdjura), Boghari (Atlas Tellian) Dra-el Mizan and finally he became the Administrator at Mascara (Constantine).
He published eight papers which dealt with NW. Africa, including descriptions of new species from the Grande Kabyle (Algeria) and Tunisia. Some of these have since been found to be synonyms of more widespread species (Helix marthae = Plagyrona placida (Shuttleworth); Seddon & Holyoak, 1993). He also reported various nomenclatural problems including Eremina dillwyniana (Pfeiffer).
Geret (1909) published a list of new names introduced by Ancey and was also responsible for the sale of Ancey's collections. His types are now mostly in Brussels (Dautzenberg Collection) and in Cardiff (Melvill-Tomlin Collection); Other material is in Paris, Tervuren, BMNH, and Honolulu (Bishop Museum) (Dance 1986). Although a user will find some Ancey material whilst using our online database search, not all of Ancey's type material in Cardiff is databased, and as such if you are seeking a specific type of Ancey, please contact us direct to enquire about type material. Within the pulmonate collections we are aware of Ancey type material from NW Africa, Central Asia and the Pacific Islands (especially Succineidae).
Obituary in Journal de Conchyliologie, 55 : 494-496
Annandale: Nelson (1876 - 1924) He worked in the Indian Museum in Calcutta and was associated with the Zoological Survey of India. His main collection in the Indian Museum (Calcutta, India). Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. Obituary: The Nautilus, 1924. 38: 30
Angas: George French (1822 - 1886)
British collector who travelled widely in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. About 1851 he was appointed as Director of the Government Museum, Sydney, Australia. He returned to Britain in 1886. Part of his collection was sold in London in 1869. He presented many speciemns (about 1500) including types to the Natural History Museum (London, UK), but main collection was left to the Hancock Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Some material is in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. Obituary: Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, 12: 48-60 Australian Zoologist, 12: 362-371. Other information from Dean, J. Davy. 1936. Conchological Cabinets of the Last Century. Journal of Conchology, 20 (number 8), 246-247. Dance, S. P., 1986. A History of Shell Collecting : 169, 203. Hedley, 1913. Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales, 38: 260-261. Melvill, J. C., 1890. British Pioneers in Recent Conchological Science. Journal of Conchology, 6: 219-220 Smith, E. A., 1906. Part 9 Mollusca: 703, 711, 726 in The History of the Collections contained in the Natural History Departments of the British Museum, 2: 1-782.Archer: Allen Frost (1908-??) Ecologist and malacologist who collected with W. J. Clench and H. A. Rehder. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. See Abbott, R. T. and Young. M. E. 1973-1974. American Malacologists.
Archer: Francis (1839-1892) Received many specimens from abroad sent by his brother Samuel Archer (1836-1902). Joint collection of the brothers in the Birmingham University Museum, UK. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. See Woodward, F. R. 1963. Proceedings of the Birmingham Natural History and Philosophical Society, 20: 3-14.
Atkinson Specimens from New Caledonia in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Baker: F.H. Specimens from Tasmania and western Australia in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Baker: Frank Collins (1867-1942) Main collection in Illinois University, USA. Other material in the Illinois State Natural History Survey in the United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA; the Chicago Natural History Museum, Illinois, USA, and Wisconsin University, USA. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. Obituary: van Cleave, H. J., 1943. The Nautilus, 56: 97-99, portrait. For location of types see: Franzen, 1956. Nautilus 70: 21; 1957 Nautilus 71: 30 and 1958 Nautilus 72: 30.
Baker: Frederick (1854-1938) Amateur malacologist. Honorary curator at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, USA. Member of the Stanford Expedition to Brazil in 1911. Towards the end of his life he was collaborating with J. R. le B. Tomlin on describing Brazilian shells and some of this material is in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. Main collection in the San Diego Natural History Museum, USA, and Stanford University Museum, USA. Obituary: Baily, J. L., jnr., 1938. The Nautilus, 52: 64-66, portrait.
Baldwin: David Dwight (1831-1912) Amateur conchologist. Lived in Hawaii. Wrote on the non-marine shells of the Hawaiian Islands. Land shells at Yale University, USA, and California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, USA. Marine shells at Maui Historical Society Museum, Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii, USA. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. Obituary: The Nautilus, 26: 82-83.
Bardarson: G.G. Conchologist. Author of a number of works on Icelandic molluscs. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Barker: R. Wright Lived in Harrogate. He was the source of many shells from Ecuador. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Barnacle: G.A.S. A source of material from Ceylon in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Barnard: Keppel H. (1897-1964) He worked in the South African Museum, Capetown. He was closely associatedwith J. R. le B. Tomlin due to the latters work on the South African mollusca. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. Obituary: Journal of Conchology, 25: 359-361; The Nautilus , 78: 104.
Beaufort: Lieven Ferdinand de (1879-1968) Took part in the 1st Netherlands New Guinea Expedition in 1903 under the leadership of Dr. A. Wichmann. Became Curator of the Zoological Museum of the University of Amsterdam in 1905. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. Obituary: Beaufortia, 16; no. 221: 199-214.
Beaumier: Auguste For some years French Consul at Mogador, Morocco. Collected shells which were reported on by A. Morelet who stated that Beaumier enlisted the help of local people to collect material from areas where Europeans were forbidden to go at that time (circa 1880). Associated with Morelet and Pallary. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Beccari: Odoardo (1843-1920) Travelled for many years, principally in the Dutch East Indies and surrounding regions. After 1876 also travelled to Australia and New Zealand. Collection in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genoa, Italy. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. See information in : M. J. van Steenis-Kruseman, 1950, Malaysian Plant Collectors and Collections being a cyclopedia of Botanical Exploration in Malaysia and a guide to the Concerned literature up to the year 1950 in C. G. G. J. van Steenis, edit., Flora Malaysiana, 1: 43-46.
Beddome: Richard Henry Beddome (1839-1911) was a forester who collected in India while working for the Forestry Department. Father-in-law of G. C. Leman. The joint collection of Leman and R. H. Beddome was sold by Lemans widow to H. Fulton in 1935. Material in the Salisbury collection in the Royal Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK, and the Natural History Museum, London, UK. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. The Melvill-Tomlin collection incorporates material from R.H. Beddome's collection which has some land-snail types including material described by Gude from his collection. Please contact us if you fail to find a Beddome type at the Natural History Museum (London) or wish to see more of a syntype series. Obituary: Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 10: 51-52 Other information from Dance, S. P., 1986. A History of Shell Collecting : 205; Smith, E. A., 1906. Part 9 Mollusca: 703 in The History of the Collections contained in the Natural History Departments of the British Museum, 2: 1-782
Bédé: some of Pallary's freshwater molluscs were described from material collected by Bédé and we hold a few syntypes of these.
Blanford, Henry Francis (1834-1893) Worked for the Indian government as a Meteorologist. He collected molluscs in India and collaborated with his brother William Thomas Blanford in describing them. Presented specimens of Acmaea from Bombay to the Natural History Museum, London, UK, in 1882 and also bequeathed them 235 land, fresh-water and marine shells. Main collection in the Folkstone Museum, UK. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. Dictionary of National Biography, 22, supplement: 217.
Blanford, William Thomas (1832-1905) He was involved in the Geological Survey of India and wrote many papers in collaboration with his brother Henry Francis. Collection in the Natural History Museum, London, UK. The Melvill-Tomlin collection and the Fedden collections have some land-snail types from India. Please contact us if you fail to find a Blanford type at the Natural History Museum (London) or wish to see more of a syntype series. Obituary: Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 7: 64-66.
Boettger: Cesar Rudolf (1888-1976) was based at the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt. He published widely on all aspects of land and fresh-water snails. His collection was bought by K. L. Pfeiffer in 1943 and is now in Senckenberg Museum(Frankfurt-on-main, Germany). Obituary: Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 108: 1-16.
Boettger: Oscar(1844-1910) Collection in the Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt-on-main, Germany. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. Obituary: Journal of Conchology, 13: 162-163.
Burnup, Henry Clifden (1852-1928): Amateur conchologist who settled in South Africa in 1894. He sent many shells to J. C. Melvill and later to J. R. le B. Tomlin which are now in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. His main collection is now in the Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, though all his types are in the Natural History Museum, London. Obituary: Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 18: 142-143.
Caziot: Eugène (1844-1931) French Collector. Caziot wrote many papers reviewing the status of terrestrial species. Several of these dealt with species in NW. Africa. His most notable contribution was a bibliography for pre-1900 publications on NW Africa (Caziot & Fagot, 1909): Land shells of Nice in the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Marine shells in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. Obituary: Journal de Conchyliologie, 76: 206-212).
Connolly: Matthew William Kemble (1872-1947) British Collector. Served in the army in South Africa and elsewhere. Later worked as an honorary curator in the British Museum (Natural History), London. His collection, which is now in the BMNH, contains many NW. African species obtained by exchange or from dealers. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection and some types in Pain collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. List of new names: Adam, W. 1971. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgiques, 47. Obituaries in Journal of Conchology, 22: 289 and Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 28: 2).
Cooke, Arthur Hands (1854-1934): Lecturer, Dean and Tutor at Cambridge University, UK, where J. R. le B. Tomlin met him when a student. Later he became a headmaster at Aldenham, UK, and then a vicar at Eton. He spent one of his vacations prior to 1888 collecting in Panama. Many of the specimens figured in Molluscs and Brachiopods are in are in the Cambridge University Museum of Zoology, UK, and large series of Nucella and most of his types are in the the Natural History Museum, London, UK. The rest of his private collection was dispersed and most of the the Muricidae went to T. Pain and so to the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. There is also Cooke material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. Obituary: Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 21: 229-232. Journal of Conchology, 20: 77-78.
Cox: James Charles (1833 - 1912) Australian Physician. His main interest was in the chitons but he also described many non-marine molluscs. His main collection was sold in London, UK, in July 1904 and February 1905. There is a collection in the Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, but some types and rarities are in the Natural History Museum, London, UK. Some material, including a few types, in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. Obituary: Smith, E. A. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 10: 316. Australian Zoologist, 4: 345 (with portrait).
Dautzenberg: Philippe (1849-1935) was a private collector with an extensive collection of marine and terrestrial shells with a world-wide coverage. He was heir to a fortune made in the carpet industry and Tomlin described him as "the greatest private collector" but he was also a scientist and wrote many papers and books, e.g. Les mollusques marins du Roussillon with Bucquoy and Dollfus. Much of his collection is in the Royal Institute of Science, Brussels. Some of his marine work was carried with Paul Fischer and type material has been found in Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris and the Oceanographic Institute in Monaco. There is also type material in the Jeffreys collection in the Smithsonian Institution (Washington D.C., USA). Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. Tomlin, J. R. leB., 1938. [Obituary notice of Philippe Dautzenberg.] Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 23: 7-8.
Dennison: John (died 1864?) Collector from Liverpool, UK who having inherited a large fortune built up a fine collection which was sold in London, UK, in April 1865 and June 1875. Many famous collectors and dealers were present at these sales including Cuming, Reeve, the Sowerbys, Angas, the Adams brothers, Barclay, Lombe-Taylor, Melvill and Bryce M. Wright. Some types in the Natural History Museum, London, UK, and National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK, ex Tomlin collection. Obituary: Anon., 1865. The celebrated Dennison collection of shells. A catalogue of this choice, valuable and extensive collection of shells, being one of the finest ever offered to public competition etc. In 2 parts. London. Dean, J. Davy., 1936. Conchological Cabinets of the Last Century. Journal of Conchology, 20 (number 8): 245 Journal of Conchology, 1: 88 (note about sale). Tomlin, J. R. le B., 1942. Shell sales II. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 25, part 1: 25 Melvill, J. R. le B., 1900. Lovell Reeve: a brief sketch of his life and career, with a fragment of an autobiography, excerpts from his diary (1849), and correspondence. Journal of Conchology, 9, 344-357, portrait.
Ellis: Arthur Erskine (1902-1983) Born in India. Came to England in 1904. Collector. He was a schoolmaster at Lancing and Epsom College, UK. British non-marine molluscs in Epsom College, Surrey, UK. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Eprevier: J. Conservateur at the Musée de Vendôme, France, circa 1923. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Eudel: Émile Eugène Alphonse (1831-1892) Collector. His collection was mostly bought by G. B. Sowerby and H. C. Fulton and widely dispersed. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Everett: Alfred Hart(1848-1898) In 1869 went to Sarawak to collect natural history specimens but after two years entered the service of the Sarawak Government and later the British North Borneo Company. Presented specimens to the Natural History Museum, London, UK, in 1891, 1894 and 1897. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK.See Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 3: 295.
Farquahar: John A collector who lived in South Africa. He exchanged shells with M. W. K. Connolly and sent specimens to the British Museum (Natural History) [now the Natural History Museum], London, UK. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Favre: Jules Collection in the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Fedden: Francis (d.1894?) While engaged on geological work in India during the 1860's made a collection of shells which was presented to what is now the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK, by his widow in 1894; also some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Ferriss : James Henry (1848-1926) Amateur conchologist. Collected land snails with people such as Pilsbry, Clapp, Bryant Walker and Sargent. Collection in the Chicago Natural History Museum, Illinois, USA. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. See Pilsbry, H. A., 1926. James H. Ferriss. The Nautilus, 40: 1-6 [with portrait].
Fischer-Piette: Edouard (1902-1990) was the curator of the laboratoire de Malacologie, Paris Museum. Much of his work was on former French colonies, including Madagascar.
Folin: Guillaume Alexandre Léopold (1817-1896) Leading authority on Caecidae and Pyramidellidae. Material in the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France; Musée de la Mer, Biarritz, France; Bayonne Museum, France; and the Natural History Museum, London, UK. There is also type material in the Jeffreys collection in the United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. See Journal de Conchyliologie, 46: 44-45.
Forbes: Edward (1814-1854) Studied in London and Paris, in the latter place under Geoffrey St. Hilaire, De Blainville and Jussieu. Did much dedging in the British, Mediterranean and Aegean Seas. In 1841 was naturalist on the Beacon. Main collection in the Royal Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK, but collections from the Herald, Pandora, Rattlesnake and the specimens figured in History of British Mollusca in the Natural History Museum, London, UK. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. See Bennett, J. H. 1855. Monthly Journal of Medicine, Edinburgh, no 169 1 (n.s.), Part IV: 75-92.Preece, R. C. and Killeen, I. 1995. Archives of Natural History, 22 (3): 419-435.
Friele: Hermann (b. 1838) Collection in the Zoological Museum, Bergen, Norway and the Zoological Museum, Oslo, Sweden. Some shells in the Norman collection in the Natural History Museum, London, UK. There is also some type material in the Jeffreys collection in the United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Frierson Lorraine Screven (1861-1933) Amateur conchologist. Specialised in Unionids. He bought the Unionacea collection of T. H. Aldrich. Main collection of Unionoidea in the Michigan University Museum of Zoology, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, but types also in the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, USA, the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and the United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. See The Nautilus, 46: 136-137
Fulton: Hugh (1861-1942) Was an assistant to G. B. Sowerby 2nd and later was in partnership with G. B. Sowerby 3rd until 1916 from when Fulton carried on the business alone. Fulton arranged the Barclay collection for sale in 1891 and Sowerby and Fulton handled the sale of the de Burgh collection in 1918. Nearly all of his types are in the Natural History Museum, London, UK. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. See Winckworth, R., 1943. Obituary notice of Hugh Coomber Fulton (1861-1942). Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 25: 126 and Dance, S. P., 1986. A History of Shell Collecting: 171, 172, 173, 183, 212; plate 31d (portrait)
Gaskoin: John Samuel (1790 - 1858) was Surgeon-in-Ordinary to King George 4th and William 4th. At his death his collection passed to T. Lombe-Taylor and the joint collection was sold in London in 1880 though previously Lombe-Taylor's widow had presented some specimens to the British Museum. J. C. Melvill bought specimens including many of Gaskoin's types which are now in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. Please note that some of the collection has not yet been databased. Information from: Dean, J. Davy. 1936. Conchological Cabinets of the Last Century. Journal of Conchology, 20 (8): 242. Lingwood, P. F. and McMillan, N. F. 1981. Archives of Natural History, 10: 347-358.
Geret: Paul (1863-1925) was based at the Musée d'Histoire Naturalles, Saint Quentin as a 'conservateur'. He is best known for sales of shell collections including M. T. Tissot, C. M. F. Ancey, Boistel and A. Bavay. In 1909 he produced a list of the new names described by C.F. Ancey, which included various North African species. Source of material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. Obituary in Journal de Conchyliologie, 69: 76).
Germain: Louis (1878-1942) was employed in the Laboratorie de Malacologie, Museum de Historie Naturalles, Paris. Germain's own collection is in Paris. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. Obituary: Journal de Conchyliologie, 78: 282-285
Godwin-Austin: Henry Haversham (1834-1923) Collector and conchologist. His career was in the British Army, with a special interest in Indian and South African non-marine mollusca. His main collection is in the Natural History Museum (London, UK). However some type material from Asia (e.g. India and China) is in the Melvill-Tomlin collection. Please contact us if you fail to find a type at the Natural History Museum. Obituary: Journal of Conchology, 17: 141-148.
Gude : Gerard (1858-1924) worked in the British Museum (Natural History), London, UK. His main collection is in the Chicago Natural History Museum, Illinois, USA, with some types in the Natural History Museum, London, UK. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in including land-snail types from Asia (e.g. India and China). Please contact us if you fail to find a type at the Natural History Museum (London) or Chicago, or if you wish to see more of a syntype series. Please note that some of the collections including Gude material have not yet been databased.
Hadfield: Reverend James and Mrs Emma (neé Foster) British. Missionaries to the Loyalty Islands 1891-1893. Collected shells and shell-sand and sent it home to R. D. Darbishire, W. Moss, R. Cairns and Archdeacon Anson. It was distributed widely in England amongst friends and schools. Many new species were described by J. C. Melvill. Small part of collection of material from Lifu and adjacent islands sold in London, UK, in October 1935. See Tomlin, J. R. le B., 1941. Shell Sales. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 24, part 4: 160
Hagenmuller: Paul (d. 1900) was chief surgeon at the hospital in Bone[Annaba, Algeria] circa 1884-1885. In 1897 was apponited to the staff of the Marseille Museum, France. He collected in Algeria and Tunisia and his collection contained material which had many manuscript names. His collection is in Marseilles Museum, and Couturier published a catalogue. He appears to have exchanged material with other collectors as there is Hagenmüller material in Cardiff and Paris. See Couturier, M., 1903. Catalogue des coquilles Palárctique de la Collection Hagenmuller. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat., Marseille, Zoologie, memoire 2, tome 8.
Hesse: Paul (1857-1939) provided some of the most extensive taxonomic revisions for the terrestrial land-snails of the western Palaearctic. These were based on anatomical studies of the species using material provided by a range of collectors. His collection is now in the Academy of Natural Sciences at Philadelphia.
Issel: Arturo (b. 1842) The Italian malacologist ISSEL is well known for works on the marine Mollusca of the Red Sea [1869] as well as on land snails from Borneo [1874]. In 1880 Issel reported on collections of land and freshwater Mollusca made in Tunisia: in 1873 by KERIM (a Persian employed at the Genoa Museum by the marchese Giacomo DORIA [b. 1840]), in 1875 by Professor BELLUCCI, on the Violante expeditions (mainly in 1877, some in 1876 and 1879) including some material obtained in 1879 by Professor GESTRO. Issel's paper lists 51 species in all, three of which were described and figured as new [among these, the enigmatic Albertisia punica was later reidentified as Truncatella sp.: Issel 1885 pp. 10-11]. In 1881 and 1882 the marchese Doria visited Tunisia to make zoological collections. Issel (1885) reported on the land and freshwater molluscs, listing 18 terrestrial species of which one was described as new. Issel's collections are in the Genoa Museum and also form part of the J.G. Jeffrey's Colln. (now in the NMNH, Washington, D.C.) (Dance 1986). Syntypes and cited material from the Red Sea and Tunisia are apparently in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in Cardiff. Please contact us, prior to neotype designations to check our collections.
Jeffreys: John Gwyn (1809-1885) Leader of the Porcupine cruises, the first dredging cruises in British waters. Obtained the Mediterranean specimens collected by Heinrich Weinkauff. Presented the molluscs collected by Captain H. C. St John during a cruise to Japan and Korea in 1875 on board HMS Sylvia to the British Museum [now the Natural History Museum], London, UK, where there is also Piedmontese shells and material from the Porcupine, Lightning, Knight-Errant and Shearwater expeditions. Main collection is in the United States National Museum, Washington D.C., USA. It includes the collections of of W. Clark and W. Turton as well as material from many other workers. Also some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK, and two small collections presented to the National Museum of Wales by the United States National Museum in 1970 and 1971. See Mills, E. L., 1978. Edward Forbes, John Gywn Jeffreys, and British dredging before the Challenger expedition. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History, 8: 507-536.
Jickeli: Carl (1850-1925) Collection in the Humboldt Museum, Berlin, Germany, and probably Hermannstadt Museum, Germany. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Kennard: Alfred Santer (1870-1948) Amateur malacologist. His collection is now in the Natural History Museum, London. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. Journal of Conchology, 23: 20.
Laidlaw: Frank Fortescue (1876-1963) Collector. Main collection in the Chicago Natural History Museum, Illinois, USA. Nearly all types in the Natural History Museum, London, UK. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. See Journal of Conchology, 25: 288-291.
Lamy: Edouard Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK.See Journal de Conchyliologie, 86: 6-29.
Letourneux: Aristide Horace (1820-1890) Civil Servant in north Africa. Some material of terrestrial pulmonates in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK.See Revue Biographique de la Société Malacologique de France, 2: 1-10.
Locard: Etienne Alexandre Arnould (1841-1904) Collection in the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, and probably Lyons Museum, France. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. See Journal de Conchyliologie, 53: 82-83 and Dance, S. P.1986. A History of Shell Collecting: 217
Lowe: Rev Richard Thomas (1802-1874) syntype material given to T.V. Wollaston and contained within his collection from the Atlantic Islands and NW Africa is now part of the Melvill-Tomlin collection. Other material is in the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge and the Natural History Museum (London). The material was sold by Preston to Tomlin.
Mabille: Jules (1831-1904) Worked in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. He described the results of many expeditions. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. Obituary: Journal de Conchyliologie, 53: 482-483.
McAndrew: Robert(1801-1873) Collector from Liverpool, UK. Travelled much in Spain and southern Europe. Did a lot of deep sea dredging. Father of J. J. MacAndrew and grandfather of V. W. MacAndrew. His collection, which also contained the collections of H. Adams and W. H. Benson, was left to the Cambridge University Museum of Zoology, UK, though there are large series in the Royal Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK, and the Natural History Museum, London, UK, the latter containing the types of new species described by H. Adams from the MacAndrew collection and material from the Canary Islands, Spain, Portugal and Mogador. There is also type material in the Jeffreys collection in the United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. See Dean, J. Davy. 1936. Conchological Cabinets of the Last Century. Journal of Conchology, 20 (number 8): 232-240.
McAndrew: Vernon (d. 1940) British. Collector. Grandson of R. MacAndrew and nephew of J. J. MacAndrew. He bought the latters collection in 1918, which contained part of the Marie collection, and the collection of Mrs de Burgh in 1919. He left his collection to the British Museum (Natural History), London [now the Natural History Museum, London, UK]. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Maltzan: Hermann (1843-1891) Malacologist. His collection was bought by the Linnaean Institute of Berlin in 1889 and dispersed. There are many shells in the Natural History Museum, London. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. See Dance, S. P.1986. A History of Shell Collecting: 217 and Bijl, A. N. van der, 1992. De malacologische collectie van Artis 1838-1900. Amsterdam: 111,112, 122, 128, 140, 141, 160 (example of label)
Mann: William M. (1886-1960) Zoo Director and Shell collector. Collected in the Solomon Islands and elsewhere for the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard, USA. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. See Abbott, R. Tucker, and Young, M. E., 1973-1974. American Malacologists: 129
Marie: Edouard Auguste (1835-1888) Spent many years in New Caledonia and Madagascar where he made large collections of local faunas, as well terrestrial shells from NW Africa obtained by exchange. Part of his collection was acquired by J. J. MacAndrew and is now in the Natural History Museum, London. Nearly all his type specimens however are in the Journal de Conchyliologie collection in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris, France) and the P. Dautzenberg collection in the Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique(Brussels, Belgium). Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. Obituary in Journal de Conchyliologie, 37: 94-95
Marrat: Frederick Price (1820-1904) Of Liverpool, UK. Collector. Especially interested in Marginella. Arranged and identified the Dennison collection ready for sale. His own collection is now in Liverpool Museum, UK. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. See Journal of Conchology, 11: 225-227 and North Western Naturalist, new series, 1: 442-449
Marsh: Phil Lewis (1891-1957) Amateur malacologist. Honorary Associate Curator of Molluscs in the Michigan University Museum of Zoology, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, from 1938 till his death. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. See van der Schalie, H., 1958. The Nautilus, 72: 64-66.
Marshall: John Thomas (1842-1922) Collector. Conchologist. His non-marine shells are in Nottingham Museum, UK, and his British marine shells are in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. also material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales. A large collection of shells dredged up by the Porcupine expedition is in the Natural History Museum, London, UK, ex collection Sykes along with various manuscript material. See Journal of Conchology, 17: 99-103.
Martel: Capitaine Paul was attached to an artillery batallion in NW Africa and collected extensively in the period from 1909 to 1918. He supplied material to collectors such as Dautzenberg (1915) and Pallary (1917-1919), In 1909 he was based in NE. Morocco collecting around Oudja, Beni Snassen and Beni Mattar. He made further collections in the region during June 1910. Between 21 April 1911 and 20 July 1914 he was in active service in NE. Morocco, visiting Debdou and Merada initially, continuing to visit all these areas through 1912 to 1913, he was later involved in the occupation of Taza (1914), one of the last strongholds of resistance in North Africa. He continued to collect on his return to N. Africa, mainly from the montane regions between Oudja and Fez. Paul Pallary based an entire paper on material collected by Martel (1920) and also describes the areas where Martel collected, and some material collected by Martel is now in the Melvill-Tomlin Collection. Son of Henri Martel (1846-1927). See Journal de Conchyliologie, 71: 401-402 (obituary of Henri Martel).
Martens: Carl Eduard von (1831-1904) German malacologist who journeyed overland in south-east Asia in the 1860's. He worked in the Berlin Zoological Museum, Germany. Most of his collection is housed in the Humboldt Museum, Berlin. Most of the material described in the molluscan section of Biologia Centrali Americana is in the Natural History Museum (London, UK) with some in the Museum of Comparative Zoology (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA) and a few types in the Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale (Tervuren, Belgium). There is also type material in the Jeffreys collection in the Smithsonian Institution (Washington D.C., USA). Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. Obituary: Journal of Conchology, 11: 171-173.
May: William Lewis (1861-1925) Specialised in chitons and Tasmanian molluscs. His collection is now in the Tasmanian Museum, Hobart, Tasmania, with type specimens in the South Australian Museum, Adelaide Museum, Australia. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. See The Nautilus, 39: 140-141.
Meer Mohr: Johannes Carolus van der (b. 1892) Worked in Java and Sumatra. Collections of shells in the Zoological Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. See Steenis-Kruseman, M. J. van. 1950, Malaysian Plant Collectors and Collections being a cyclopedia of Botanical Exploration in Malaysia and a guide to the concerned literature up to the year 1950 in Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, edit., Flora Malaysiana, 1: 354.
Messager (d. 1915) Material in the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, ex Denis collection. Types of new species described by Bavay and Dautzenberg in Journal de Conchyliologe collection in the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Mol: Gustaaf Alexander de (b. 1893) Worked in Java and Sumatra. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Mollendorf: Otto Franz von (1848-1903) Diplomat and Malacologist. Collector. Travelled widely. Specialised in land and freshwater mollusca. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. See Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 6: 73-74.
Moller: Hans Peter Christian (1810-1845) In 1843 the British Museum [now the Natural History Museum], London, UK, bought shells that had been used to illustrate Index Molluscarum Groenlandiae written by him. Also a collection in the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark. There is also type material in the Jeffreys collection in the United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Moniz: J.M. Madeiran shells in the Natural History Museum, London, UK. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Montorosato: Tommaso di Maria Allery (1841-1927) His main collection, which includes the collections of Calcara and Brugnone, is in the Zoological Museum, Rome, Italy, but there is also material in the Norman collection in the Natural History Museum, London, UK; the Dublin Museum, Eire; the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark; and in the Jeffreys collection in the United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. Obituary: Giornale di Scienze Naturali ed Economiche di Palermo, 35: 1-12. and Journal of Conchology, 19: 37-40.
Morch: Otto Andreas Lowson (1828-1878) Conchologist. He catalogued several other peoples collections for sale such as Kierulf and Yoldi. Morchs own collection is in the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark, with some specimens in the Natural History Museum, London, UK. There is also type material in the Jeffreys collection in the United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. See Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 75: 214-225. See Bieler (1996) for list of Morch's type material of the worm-snail taxa in American Malacological Bulletin, 13 (1/2) 23-36.
Morlet: Laurent-Joseph (1823-1892) reported on Mollusca collected in Tunisia by ANDRE ('medecin-major au 15e bataillon de chasseurs') during the expedition to explore the 'region des Chotts'. The 31 terrestrial species [living and fossil] obtained included one that was described and figured as new; several of the others were apparently listed in error (Helix soluta ; perhaps Acme Letourneuxi). In a short biographical note, Crosse (1893) recorded that, following a distinguished career in the army, Morlet worked for many years as 'preparateur' at the Paris Museum and published frequently in the Journal de Conchyliologie. Morlet's collections of Indo-Chinese shells went to P. Dautzenberg and are now in the Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (Brussels, Belgium), and to J. C. H. Crosse whose collection is now in the Journal de Conchyliologie collection and his recent and fossil Ringicula are in the École des Mines Collections both now at Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris, France) (Dance 1986). Obituary in Journal de Conchyliologie, 41: 78-80)
Mortenson: T. Leader of the Danish Expedition to Siam 1899-1900. The mollusca were described by H. Lynge. Collection in the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark. Some New Zealand shells in the Rijksmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Moss: William (1845-1913) Amateur conchologist. Specialised in radulae. Was instrumental in inducing R. D. Darbishire to acquire the collection of Lifu mollusca formed by the Reverend James and Mrs Hadfield and bringing it to UK. He gave a collection of shells to the Manchester Grammer School, UK. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. See Journal of Conchology, 14: 169-171.
Murray: John (1841-1914) was one of the naturalists on board HMS Challenger. In 1881 he succeeded Wyville Thomson as editor of the Challenger Reports. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. See Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 58, Proceedings: xl-xliii.
Naegele: G. (1841-1914) Collection in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt-on-main, Germany. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Nevill: Geoffrey (d. 1885) Worked in the Indian Museum. Brother of Hugh Nevill with whom he worked on Indian mollusca. His collection is in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, India, and the Natural History Museum, London, UK. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. See Dance, S. P. 1986. A History of Shell Collecting : 220. Tomlin, J. R. le B., 1946. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 26, part 6: 178
Nevill: Hugh (d. 1897) Collector. Worked for the Ceylon civil service. Brother of Geoffrey Nevill with whom he worked on Indian mollusca. His collection was sold in London, UK, in May 1904. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. See Zoologist, 1: 230 (1897); Tomlin, J. R. le B., 1941. Shell Sales. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 24, part 4: 159
Newcomb: Wesley (1818-1892) Amateur conchologist. Visited Antilles, 18946-1847; California, 1849; Hawaii, 1850-1855, New York, 1856; Europe (with A. A. Gould), 1857. Sanitary expert on San Domingo expedition aboard USS Tennessee. His collection was bought by Mr. Cornell and is now in Cornell University, USA, where he was a curator 1870-1888. Some types in the Natural History Museum, London, UK. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. See Stearns, R. E. C., 1892. The Nautilus, 5: 121-124, portrait.
Nobre: Augustus P. (1865-1946) Started his malacological career at the museum of Edward Allen (later the Municipal Museum of Porto) then he moved to Paris to work at the Laboratoire des Hauts Etudes under the direction of Edmond Perrier. On his return to Porto he became teaching assistant to the Botany Department and then to the Zoology Department at the University. He started up a departmental natural history museum and in 1901 was appointed assistant naturalist of the museum. In 1912 he was appointed Professor Extraordinario of Zoology at the College of Sciences at Porto and then in 1915 made Professor Ordinaro. After his death the Institute of Zoology of the University of Porto was renamed the Institut of Zoology Dr. Augusto Nobre. Collection in the Nobre Museum, Lisbon, Portugal, and the Institut of Zoology Dr. Augusto Nobre, Porto, Portugal. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. See Mateus, A., 1981. O Prof. Doutor Augusto Nobre, malacologista. Bolm. Soc. port Cienc. nat ., 20: 83-90.
Norman: Alfred Merle (1831-1918) Clergyman and Amateur conchologist. Collection in the Natural History Museum, London, UK. There is also type material in the Jeffreys collection in the United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA. His library was sold in Berkhamstead, UK, in February 1919. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. See Journal of Conchology, 16: 40-41, 86.
Norohna: Adolfo Cesar d' (1865-1946) of Madeira. Collector. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. Material also in Natural History Museum London.
Oberwimmer: Alfred (1875-1930) He exchanged shells with J. R. le B. Tomlin so some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. See: Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 63: 80-81
Odhner: Nils Hjalmar (1884-1973) Worked in the Rijksmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK..
Pallary: Paul Pallary was prolific writer on the land-snails of NW. Africa and contributed many papers on the faunas of NW. Africa, especially those of Morocco, Eygpt and Syria. He was a schoolteacher at Oran, who periodically made collecting excursions. He was also a shell dealer, and issued regular lists of marine and land-shells available for purchase. The majority of the material sold came from Morocco, NW. Algeria, Tunisia, Eygpt and Syria. Tomlin purchased direct from Pallary on several occasions between 1915 and 1925, and as such we hold many "syntypes" and "author's topotypes" from these regions. In terms of his taxonomic papers, Pallary followed the example of Bourguignat and tended to be a "splitter"., consequently he added many new species, subspecies and varietal names into the literature, and here in Cardiff we hold a database listing all of these names. His interests extended to Marine and Freshwater Molluscs as his many publications testify.
Some of his early contributions were made at the Conferences of the French Association for the Advancement of Science, but major publications were in "Journal de Conchyologie" and the "Bulletin de Science, Nord Afrique", and some of the larger papers were also published as separate offprints.
During his career, he spent some time cultivating contacts with French Army officers and many of the new species resulted from this association. The early papers dealt with the more accessible coastal regions of Morocco and Algeria, starting with the environs of Oran where he lived (1891, 1896). In this early period he began describing and figuring new taxa, especially helicids such as Helix mortilleti, Helix doumerguei and Helix mesquiniana. Some of the material described came from other collectors. In August 1897 Pallary collected in the region of Tanger, and passed briefly through Melilla collecting also in NE. Morocco and NW. Algeria. These collections were used in his first substantial publication on NW Africa (1898) which described 22 new species. In this paper he also used the collections of other naturalists including Gaston BUCHET (1897), Henry VAUCHER (who was based in Tanger for several years, and during this time collected in the local region, providing material for naturalists such as Coquand, Grasset, Tarnier, Kobelt Favier, Pechaud and Pallary), Geronimo OLCESE (also collected widely in Morocco, and was aided on his travels by the local hunting guides), FAVIER and John PONSONBY (who collected from Tanger, Casablanca and Mogador, 1880- 89). Pallary (1898) comments that by the time he was hiring a local hunting guide, they were already experienced mollusc collectors. Gaston Buchet and Henry Vaucher made further collections between 1900 and 1901 and provided material for Pallary, which together with his own excursions in the Rif mountains, formed the basis for his second major contribution on Morocco (1904). This described 6 new species and 17 varieties, with several species named in honour of Vaucher and his companion Davidson (Vaucheri tingitana, Helix vaucheri, Helix sublallemanti var. davidsoni).
Pallary's later papers dealt with the faunas of the remote mountain strongholds such as the Haut Atlas and Moyen Atlas, the last regions to be colonised by the French. In 1912 to 1913 Pallary was one of a team of Zoologists attached to the Mission of Scientific exploration organised by the Geographical Society. He started collecting in the Haut Atlas region, but on the further outbreaks of war in 1914 the expeditions were suspended until RICARD restarted them in 1921. At this time his contacts with military personel provided him with further material. Pallary (1917-19) described 21 species and 26 new varieties, some in honour of his collectors - Capitaine Minette de SAINT MARTIN (collecting in 1916 in Moyen Atlas around Sefrou and Haute Mouloya region); GIACOMOI (gendarme at Debdou); CHAMAY (instituter at Berkane); PRIVAT (soldier at Taourirt), Capitaine Paul MARTEL (Skoura, Tarzout; Moyen Atlas; see separate entry below: Xerophila marteli), VERIGNONI (NE. Morocco; Xerophila verignoni), Lt. SABY (Guettera-Mahidja; NE. Morocco), CLAVEL (Safsafsat, NE. Morocco) Sergent BERGERON (Guercif; NE. Morocco), Lt. BRUNOT(Kalâa Sless).
His son Maurice PALLARY also collected shells and was the source of some of the species described in this paper and later papers.
In 1921-22 Pallary reviewed the malacofauna of the Haut Atlas drawing on his earlier work (1898,1904), and expedition material and in addition to the faunal lists, he started to describe the ecological and geographical patterns emerging. The paper, which described four new species and many varieties, covered much of the northern Haut Atlas, especially the mountain regions surrounding Marrakech, the coastal area and the Sous valley. Some of the material figured in this paper is in the collections of MNHN-Paris.
In 1927 Pallary gave additional notes on the malacofauna of the Berber region (Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia). This covered new species descriptions as well as illustrating poorly described species. The majority of the new species descriptions resulted from material supplied by other collectors such as Ricard (mainly Melanopsis), Martel (Moyen Atlas), Dr NAIN (Anti Atlas, Sous, HautAtlas; Xerophila naini, Melanopsis naini) Dr. BONJEAN (Timhadit), Dr. FREYDIER (Outat-el-Hadj; Archelix freydieri), Capitaine SCHMITT, Capitaine BOITEL (Midelt, Hte. Atlas: Leonia jolyi var. boiteli), Lt. de L'EPREVIER (Foreign Legion; Morocco, S. Algeria - Pupilla leprevieri, Lechatelerieria leprevieri) and Professor L. SEURAT (Algeria; Xerophila seurati, Melanopsis seurati). Other collectors who supplied material at times include BARBIN (Archelix barbini), BLANC (Tabarka, Tunisia), BERRY (Ait Lias, Moyen Atlas), Dr. CEARD, CHOTTIN (El Aioun), Lte. DURIEZ (Kiffans, Morocco), Dr FOLEY, GOUVION (in colln. L'Hotellerie, Beni bou Mileuk, Tunisia, Ena gouvioni), M. GUYON (Debdou), MOCQUERYS (Gabes; Xerophila mocquerysi), Dr. RUSSO (Taza - Figuig, Morocco; Fruticola russoi), M. SOLIGNAC (Medjel, Mettlaoui, Zaghouan, Tunisia: Archelix Solignaci) Philippe THOMAS (Constantine).
In 1928 Pallary published a paper on 7 new species from the Moyen Atlas, but several of these names probably only merit varietal status. Pallary (1929) again made comments on geographical affinities of groups of species covering a few specific areas in Morocco. Further papers continued to produce new species descriptions, some from the lesser known regions south of the Oued Sous and the Ahaggar mountains in southern Algeria, as well as checklists of species (Pallary, 1936).
His interests also included marine molluscs of the Magreb region, Molluscs of Egypt, Syria and other parts of the Near East, and publications on these regions continued from the period 1908 onwards (see manuscript in preparation). Germain revised most of Pallary's material from the region of Syria, but little work has been done on the NW. African fauna.
(Source from manuscript material in report to Leverhulme Trust, Mary Seddon 1994)
Parreyss: Ludwig (also known as Joseph Mann) Lived in Vienna, Austria. Shells bought by the Natural History Museum, London, UK, between 1841 and 1847. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Peile: Alfred James (1868 - 1948) Honarary curator in the Natural History Museum (London, UK). He was interested in molluscan radulae and the shells of Bermuda. J. R. le B. Tomlin's collection of radula slides in the National Museum of Wales contains many of Peile's slides. His collection was distributed amongst his friends. All type specimens are in the Natural History Museum (London, UK), and his main radula collection is in the National Museums of Scotland (Edinburgh, UK) with a smaller collection in the the Natural History Museum (London, UK). Obituary: Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 28: 5-7. Journal of Conchology, 23: 21.
Petit de la Saussaye: Sauveur (1792-1870) Founder of the Journal de Conchyliologie in 1850. His collection is in Rouen, France, though some shells and types are in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris, France). Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. Journal de Conchyliologie, 19: 86-88. See also Dance, S. P. 1986. A History of Shell Collecting: 145, 163, 221.
Ponsonby: John Henry (1848-1916) Assumed the surname Ponsonby-Fane when he inherited his fathers estates. Collector. Amateur conchologist, specialising in non-marine mollusca. His collection was sold to Bryant Walker. Some South African material and other specimens in the Natural History Museum (London, UK). Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Powell: Arthur William Baden (1901-1987) Worked in the Auckland Museum, New Zealand, where his main collection is now housed. Types of the new species described from the Discovery expedition in the Natural History Museum, London, UK. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. See Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 25: 1-38.
