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Ange Paulin Terver

Ange Paulin Terver

French malacologist

Ange Paulin Terver (4 October 1798, Lyon – 15 August 1875, Fontaines-sur-Saône) was a French malacologist.

Ange Paulin Terver (1798–1875)

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).

References

  1. [1]
    Prosopo Sociétés savantes de France


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