Charles des Moulins
French botanist and malacologist (1798–1875)
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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]
Taxa
Moulins named and described numerous species of snails, for example:
- Pagodulina pagodula (Des Moulins, 1830)
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:
- Pisania desmoulinsi Montrouzier, 1864 , a marine gastropod
- Anodonta desmoulinsiana Locard, 1882 , a freshwater bivalve
- Nerita desmoulinsiana Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933, a marine gastropod
- Vertigo moulinsiana Dupuy, 1849, a terrestrial gastropod
Moulins also named various species of plants, including:
- Euphorbia milii Des Moulins, 1826
The botanical genus Moulinsia (family Sapindaceae) was named in his honor by Jacques Cambessèdes.[4][5]
Bibliography
- 1831: Etudes s. l. Echinides
- 1840: Catalogue raisonné des plantes qui croissent spontanément dans le département de la Dordogne. distribuées d'après le synopsis florae Germanicae et Helveticae du docteur G.D.J. Koch. Bordeaux : Th. Lafargue.
- 1859: Comparaison des départements de la Gironde et de la Dordogne sous le rapport de leur végétation spontanée et de leurs cultures.[7]
- 1869: Quelques réflexions sur la doctrine scientifique dite Darwinisme.[8]
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