Léopold de Folin
French zoologist, author and oceanographer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Léopold de Folin[1] (Alexandre Guillaume Léopold de,[2] Marquis de Folin, 28 August 1817 – 5 July 1896[3]) was an author, oceanographer, malacologist and early founder (1871) of the collections which were to become the Musée de la mer (sea museum)[4] in Biarritz, France[5]
Léopold de Folin | |
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Born | 28 August 1817 |
Died | 5 July 1896 (1896-07-06) (aged 78) |
Nationality | French |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Oceanography, malacology |
Author abbrev. (zoology) | Folin |
De Folin wrote on Caecidae for the reports published following the Challenger expedition of 1872-1876.
With Henri Milne-Edwards's son Alphonse, de Folin carried out a survey of the Gulf of Gascony. He worked on board the Travailleur (a paddle-wheel aviso) in 1880, and on board the Talisman in 1883, for trips to the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Islands and the Azores.[6]
De Folin also described the genus Oceanida of sea snails in the family Eulimidae.