Ange Paulin Terver Explained
Ange Paulin Terver (4 October 1798, Lyon – 15 August 1875, Fontaines-sur-Saône) was a French malacologist.
He was a member of the Société linnéenne de Lyon, being curator of its zoological collections from 1849 to 1872. In 1853 he became a member of the Société d'agriculture de Lyon, serving as secretary of the Commission des soies from 1853 to 1868.[1]
His collection of terrestrial and freshwater snails were purchased by the city of Marseille (Musée de Marseille). His family donated his collection of 14000 coquilles to the Muséum de Lyon.[1]
Published works associated with Terver
- Lithographies XIV-XVI in Complément de l'Histoire naturelle des Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France par Gaspard Louis André Michaud, (1831).[1]
- Catalogue des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles, observés dans les possessions françaises au nord de l'Afrique (1839).
- Malacologie lyonnaise, ou, Description des mollusques terrestres & aquatiques des environs de Lyon : d'après la collection Ange-Paulin Terver, donnée au Museum de Lyon par la Famille Terver en 1876, published by Arnould Locard, (1877).
Notes and References
- http://cths.fr/an/prosopo.php?id=108066 Prosopo
