Jacques Philippe Raymond Draparnaud
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Jacques Philippe Raymond Draparnaud (3 June 1772, Montpellier
– 1804) was a French
naturalist
, malacologist and botanist.
Draparnaud is considered the father of malacology
in France. He was professor of medicine
and pathology
at the Faculté de Médecine de Montpellier
.
Draparnaud understood the breadth of the fauna he studied, as can be seen in a quote from him, in Histoire Naturelle des Mollusques, published in 1805:
Translation:
In addition, many other taxa of molluscs were named by others in honor of him, including:
Montpellier
-Neighbourhoods:Since 2001, Montpellier has been divided into seven official neighbourhoods, themselves divided into sub-neighbourhoods. Each of them possesses a neighbourhood council....
– 1804) was a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
naturalist
Naturalist
Naturalist may refer to:* Practitioner of natural history* Conservationist* Advocate of naturalism * Naturalist , autobiography-See also:* The American Naturalist, periodical* Naturalism...
, malacologist and botanist.
Draparnaud is considered the father of malacology
Malacology
Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology which deals with the study of the Mollusca , the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods. Mollusks include snails and slugs, clams, octopus and squid, and numerous other kinds, many of which have shells...
in France. He was professor of medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
and pathology
Pathology
Pathology is the precise study and diagnosis of disease. The word pathology is from Ancient Greek , pathos, "feeling, suffering"; and , -logia, "the study of". Pathologization, to pathologize, refers to the process of defining a condition or behavior as pathological, e.g. pathological gambling....
at the Faculté de Médecine de Montpellier
University of Montpellier
The University of Montpellier was a French university in Montpellier in the Languedoc-Roussillon région of the south of France. Its present-day successor universities are the University of Montpellier 1, Montpellier 2 University and Paul Valéry University, Montpellier III.-History:The university...
.
Draparnaud understood the breadth of the fauna he studied, as can be seen in a quote from him, in Histoire Naturelle des Mollusques, published in 1805:
Au reste, quoique j'aie décrit pour la France seule un bien plus grand nombre d'espèces que Muller et Schroeter n'ent ont fait connoître pour l'Europe entière, et trois fois autant que Geoffroy et Poiret n'en ont observé dans les environs de Paris, je suis convaincu qu'il reste encore en ce genre bien des découvertes à faire.
Translation:
As for the remainder, even though I have described for France a greater number of species than MüllerOtto Friedrich MüllerOtto Friedrich Müller, also Mueller was a Danish naturalist.-Biography:Müller was born in Copenhagen. He was educated for the church, became tutor to a young nobleman, and after several years' travel with him settled in Copenhagen in 1767, and married a lady of wealth.His first important works,...
and Schroeter made known for the whole of Europe, and three times as many as Geoffroy and Poiret observed around Paris, still I am convinced that there remain many more discoveries of this kind to be made.
Taxa
Draparnaud named ("described") a large number of new taxa of molluscs, including for example:- Arion subfuscus (Draparnaud, 1805), a land slug
- Bulimulus lineatus (Draparnaud, 1805), a tropical land snail
- Myosotella myosotisMyosotella myosotisMyosotella myosotis, common name the mouse ear snail, is an European species of small, salt marsh snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae....
(Draparnaud, 1801), a saltmarsh snail
In addition, many other taxa of molluscs were named by others in honor of him, including:
- Draparnaudiidae, a family of land snails
- DraparnaudiaDraparnaudiaDraparnaudia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Partuloidea.Draparnaudia is the only genus in the family Draparnaudiidae....
, a genus of land snails - Oxychilus draparnaudiOxychilus draparnaudiOxychilus draparnaudi is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.-Shell description:...
, a species of land snail