Paul Hesse Explained
Paul Hesse (3 February 1857 – 26 February 1938) was a German zoologist, who specialised in the study of Mollusca. In 1926, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Pennsylvania purchased a collection of about 50,000 specimens from Hesse, mainly focusing on non-marine molluscs from Europe.[1]
Works
Hesse's works included:
- Hesse, P., 1898: Die Perlfischerei im Roten Meere. Zoologische Garten, 39: 382-385
- Hesse, P., 1911: Nekrolog. Carl Agardh Westerlund, (1831-1908) Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 43: 167-171.
- Hesse, P., 1917: Mollusken von Varna und Umgebung, Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft
- Hesse, P., 1918: Die systematische Stellung von Pyramidula rupestris Drap., nebst Bemerkungen über einige verwandte Genera.Nachrichtsblattder Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 5(1): 110-120.
- Hesse, P., 1925: On the anatomy of some Clausiliidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 16 (4): 154-162.
- Hesse, P., 1926: Die Nacktschnecken der palearktischen Region. Abhandlungen des Archiv für Molluskenkunde 2(1): 1-152.
Other sources
Notes and References
- Borrero. Francisco J.. Rosenberg. Gary. 2015-08-01. The Paul Hesse Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, with a review of names for Mollusca introduced by Hesse. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 164. 1. 43–100. 10.1635/053.164.0109. 0097-3157.
