Jules René Bourguignat Explained

Jules René Bourguignat
Birth Date:19 August 1829
Birth Place:Brienne-Napoléon, Aube, France
Death Place:Vendeuvre-sur-Barse
Nationality:French
Fields:malacology
Author Abbrev Zoo:Bourgignat

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] 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)

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Further reading

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=FPrfAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Bourguignat%2C+Jules%22+1829&pg=PA154 Google Books
  2. Book: Bourguignat, Jules René. Iconographie malacologique des animaux mollusques fluviatiles du Lac Tanganika. Impr. Crété. 1888-01-01. fr.
  3. Book: Bourguignat, Jules-René. Souvenirs d'une exploration scientifique dans le nord de l'Afrique. Challamel aîné. 1870-01-01. fr.
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=6ESD-YzMyo4C&dq=%22Jules+Ren%C3%A9+Bourguignat%22+1829&pg=PA31 Piaget Before Piaget
  5. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/RefRpt?search_type=author&search_id=author_id&search_id_value=187583 Taxon author: Bourguignat, 1885
  6. https://www.gbif.org/species/4608247
  7. https://www.gbif.org/species/4612141
  8. https://www.gbif.org/species/113520191 GBIF