Charles Des Moulins, full name Charles Robert Alexandre Des Moulins (13 March 1798 - 23 December 1875)[1] was a French naturalist, a botanist and malacologist.
He was a member of several learned societies, including the American Philosophical Society, which elected him an international Member in 1861,[2] and the Société linnéenne de Bordeaux, for which he served as president in 1826.[3]
Moulins named and described numerous species of snails, for example:
In turn, in recognition of his services to malacology, a number of species of mollusks were named after him. These latter species included both fossil and recent, both bivalves and gastropods, and were mainly non-marine species, however, a few were marine species. Examples as follows:
Moulins also named various species of plants, including:
The botanical genus Moulinsia (family Sapindaceae) was named in his honor by Jacques Cambessèdes.[4] [5]