Paul Maurice Pallary
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Paul Maurice Pallary (9 March 1869, in Mers-el-Kebir, French Algeria – 9 January 1942, in Oran, Vichy French Algeria) was a French-Algerian malacologist.[1]
His pioneering research on molluscs was mainly concentrated in the western part of the Mediterranean Sea and in the Middle East. He was a prolific writer on malacofauna, but his interests also extended to other fields of zoology[2] as well as geology, and in particular the prehistory of Northern Africa. He became known as the "Dean of North African Prehistory".[citation needed] In 1892, he discovered, together with François Doumergue, several paleolithic and neolithic caves at Cuartel[where?] and Kouchet El Djir, Oran.[citation needed]
Pallary named more than 100 mollusc species and even a few genera (Adansonia Pallary, 1902; Corbula (Physoida) Pallary, 1900; Orania Pallary, 1900).[3]
Ten species have been named in his honour, some of which have become synonyms:[4]
- Arbacina pallaryi Gauthier, 1897: synonym of Genocidaris maculata A. Agassiz, 1869
- Cirsotrema pallaryi de Boury, 1912: synonym of Cirsotrema cochlea (Sowerby G.B. II, 1844)
- Columbella pallaryi Dautzenberg, 1927: synonym of Mitrella pallaryi (Dautzenberg, 1927)
- Cythara pallaryi Nordsieck, 1977: synonym of Mangiliella pallaryi (Nordsieck, 1977) accepted as Mangelia pallaryi (Nordsieck, 1977)
- Mangelia pallaryi (Nordsieck, 1977)
- Mangiliella pallaryi (Nordsieck, 1977): synonym of Mangelia pallaryi (Nordsieck, 1977)
- Mitrella pallaryi (Dautzenberg, 1927)
- Raphitoma pallaryi Nordsieck, 1977
- Salmo pallaryi Pellegrin, 1924: synonym of Salmo trutta macrostigma (Duméril, 1858)
- Turbonilla pallaryi Dautzenberg, 1910
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Biographies of malacologists : Paul Maurice Pallary Archived 25 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Chabanaud, P. 1916 Sur divers reptiles et batraciens du Maroc recueillis par M. Pallary. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 22:228-233
- ^ World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) : List of genera and species named by Paul Pallary: accessed : 11 February 2011
- ^ WoRMS : Species named after Paul Pallary; accessed : 11 February 2011
Bibliography
[edit]- Fischer, P.-H. & E. Fischer, 1946. Nécrologie. Paul Pallary. 9 Mars 1869–9 Janvier 1942.― Journal de Conchyliologie 87 (1): 5–27
- Ruud A. Bank & Henk P.M.G. Menkhorst, A revised bibliography of the malacological papers of Paul Pallary
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