Guido Poppe

Guido Poppe
Guido Poppe
Born	11 September 1954 Oudenaarde, Belgium
Nationality	Belgian
Fields	conchology
Known for	research in Volutidae and Trochidae

Guido T. Poppe (born 11 September 1954)^[1] is a Belgian malacologist, shell dealer and author of more than 20 books and publications about shells, mainly about the families Volutidae and Trochidae.

Biography

The son of an enthusiastic sports fisherman, Guido became fascinated at a young age by marine life during yearly holidays in Brittany, France. His first diving experiences were in these cold waters in 1968.

He developed a career as a professional freelance conchologist. This allowed him to dive in many parts of the world, in European waters and in many tropical seas from Baja California to Queensland, Australia. In 2003 he moved from Belgium to the Philippines. Most of his dives are now concentrated in the Philippines. After more than 6,000 dives, he has compiled an extensive collection of photographs of seashells and marine life.^[2]

His interest in conchology gradually brought him fame in this field, mainly through publishing books on the subject.

He was the vice-president of the Société Belge de Malacologie (Belgian Malacological Society) for eight years.

Scientific work

He discovered more than 1000 new species of Mollusca and described more than 230 of these, mainly in the families Volutidae and Trochidae and on the Philippine malacofauna. The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) has already listed 199 marine species named by Poppe (alone or together with others such as SheilaTagaro, Henk Dekker, Yoshihiro Goto or Salisbury) in its database.^[3] More than 30 species have been named after him by scientists from all over the world either with the epithet poppei,^[4] guidopoppei^[5] or guidoi.^[6]

In July 2004 Guido Poppe created together with his son Philippe Poppe (1977–) the journal, Visaya, specialising in the taxonomy of Mollusca. He named the calliostoma topsnail Calliostoma philippeiPoppe, 2004, another sea snail Calliotropis philippei Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006 and Bayerotrochus philpoppei Anseeuw, Poppe & Goto, 2006 after his son. Guido Poppe named the topsnail Calliostoma mariae after his mother Maria Peyskens.

Bibliography

• 1979 Poppe, G.T. Notes on Ampulla Priamus^[7]
• 1982 Poppe, G.T. Notes on Cymbiola marispuma Angioy and Biraghi, 1997, Festilyria festiva (Lamarck, 1811), Lyria vicdani Kosuge, 1981.
• 1982 Poppe, G.T., Separating Voluta Sophia and Voluta cymbiola.
• 1984 Poppe, G.T., Two new Australian Volutes.
• 1985 Poppe, G.T. Updates on the genus Cymbiolacca (Gastropoda, Volutidae), with the description of two new taxa^[8]
• 1986 Poppe, G.T. A novel species and a novel subspecies of Volutidae from northwestern Australia^[9]
• 1987 Poppe, G.T. - New Volutes since 1970 part I.^[10]
• 1987 Poppe, G.T. - New Volutes since 1970 part II.^[11]
• 1987 Poppe, G.T. - A novel species of Volutidae from north-western Australia.
• 1988 Poppe, G.T. - New Volutes since 1970.
• 1988 Bouchet Ph. & Poppe, G.T. - Deep water volutes from the new Caledonian region with a discussion on Biogeography.
• 1989 Martin, P. & Poppe, G.T. - Notes on the Mollusca of Easter Island: Cypraea.
• 1989 Martin, P. & Poppe, G.T. - Description of a new species of Cypraeidae from the Marquesas Islands.
• 1989 Poppe, G.T. & Martin, P. - New Findings of Cypraea teramachii Kuroda, 1938.
• 1991 Poppe, G.T. & Martin, P. - A new Trivia species from South Africa.
• 1991 Poppe & Goto: European Seashells Vol. I^[12]
• 1992 Poppe, G.T. - New species and new subspecies in Volutidae.
• 1992 Poppe & Goto: Volutes
• 1993 Poppe & Goto: European Seashells Vol. II^[13]
• 1993 Poppe & Goto: Recent Angariidae
• 1993 Poppe, G.T. - A new Cowrie.
• 1994 Poppe & Senders: An annotated price catalogue of marine shells
• 1995 Bouchet Ph. & Poppe, G.T. – A review of the deep-water volute genus Calliotectum (Gastropoda: Volutidae).
• 1996 Poppe & Goto: A listing of Living Mollusca. Vol. I and Vol. II 2 parts each
• 2004 Poppe, G.T. & Tenorio, M.J. Description of three deep-water species of Conus from the Central Philippines.
• 2004 Poppe, G.T. - Description of Spectacular new species from the Philippines.
• 2004 Tenorio M.J. & Poppe G.T. – Description of three deep-water species of Conus from the central Philippins.
• 2004 Poppe G.T. & Fraussen K. – A new species of Nassaria from the central Philippines.
• 2004 Poppe, G.T. - Conchological Treasure from the Philippines Part I.
• 2005 Poppe, G.T., Tagaro S., Dekker H. - Discovery of new Guildfordia near Balut Island.
• 2005 Poppe, G.T., Tagaro S. & Buijse J. - A new subspecies of Cypraea hungerfordi from Aliguay Island, the Philippines.
• 2005 Poppe, G.T. & Tagaro S. - A new Conus from Aliguay Island, the Philippines.
• 2005 Poppe, G.T. - Conchological Treasures from the Philippines Part II.
• 2005 Poppe, G.T. & Fraussen K. - Revision of Phos and Antillophos (Buccinidae) from the Central Philippines.
• 2005 Poppe, G.T. & Patamakanthin S. - On the Discovery of New Population of Turbinella fusus Sowerby, 1825, a valid species.
• 2005 Poppe, G.T. & Tagaro S. - Enigmavasum enigmaticum, a new species from Cotabato, the Philippines.
• 2005 Poppe, G.T. & Tagaro, S. - A new Cymbiola (Volutidae, Gastropoda) from the Arafura Sea.
• 2005 Anseeuw & Poppe: Pleurotomariidae: An Iconographic visit anno 2005 as a supplement of Visaya
• 2006 Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker: The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands as supplement of Visaya
• 2006 Poppe, G.T. & Tagaro, S. – A New Classification of Gastropods according to Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005
• 2006 Poppe, G.T. & Tagaro, S. – Notes on two Amphidromus from the Philippine Islands.
• 2006 Poppe, G.T. & Tagaro, S. – Possible Sexual dimorphism in Ovulidae: Primovula concinna (A. Adams & Reeve, 1848).^[14]
• 2006 Anseeuw P., Poppe G.T. & Goto Y. – Description of Bayerotrochus philpoppei sp. nov. from the Philippines.
• 2006 Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Brown L. – A New Large Cirsotrema From Australia.
• 2006 Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. – A New Fusinus From The Philippines.
• 2006 Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. – New Mitridae and Costellariidae from the Philippines and the East China Sea.
• 2006 Poppe G.T., de Suduiraut E.G. & Tagaro S.P. – New Costellariidae from the Philippines.
• 2007 Fraussen K. & Poppe G.T. – The Genus Nassaria (Buccinidae) in the Central Philippines.
• 2007 Tenorio M.J., Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P., – New Indo-Pacific Conidae with Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Notes on Conus recluzianus.
• 2008 Poppe, G. T., Tagaro, S. P. & Fraussen K. – A New Nassaria from the Philippines.
• 2008 Poppe, G. T., – New Fissurellidae, Epitoniidae, Aclididae, Mitridae and Costellariidae from the Philippines.
• 2008 Poppe, with the collaboration of 23 authors “in Poppe”: Philippines Marine Mollusks Vol. I^[15]
• 2008 Poppe, with the collaboration of 17 authors “in Poppe”: Philippines Marine Mollusks Vol. II^[16]
• 2009 Poppe, G. T – New Taxonomic Methods in Conchology.
• 2009 Poppe, G. T, Tagaro, S.P. & Vilvens, C. – A New Clanculus (Trochidae) from the Philippines. With additional notes and new records of Trochidae-species in the Archipelago.
• 2009 Poppe, G. T & Tagaro, S.P. – A Spectacular New Conus (Conidae) from the Philippines.
• 2009 Poppe, G. T, Tagaro, S.P. & Terryn, Y. – New Terebridae from the Philippines.
• 2009 Poppe, G. T. & Groh, K. – A New Species of Trimusculus (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Trimusculidae) from the Central Philippines.
• 2009 Poppe, G. T, Tagaro, S.P. & Salisbury, R. – New Species of Mitridae and Costellariidae from the Philippines. With additional information on the Philippine Species in these families.
• 2009 Poppe G. T. – Conidae in the Philippine Marine Mollusks Volume II.
• 2009 Seronay, R. A. et al. - Accessing novel conoidean venoms: Biodiverse lumun-lumun marine communities, an untapped biological and toxinological resource. ^[17]
• 2010 Poppe, G. T – In Memoriam of Emmanuel Guillot de Suduiraut.
• 2010 Poppe, G. T. & Tagaro, S.P. – New Species of Haloceratidae, Columbellidae, Buccinidae, Mitridae, Costellariidae, Amathinidae and Spondylidae from the Philippines.
• 2010 Poppe, with the collaboration of 9 authors "in Poppe": Philippines Marine Mollusks vol. III^[18]
• 2011 Poppe, G. T. (Translation P. Bail) – Emmanuel Guillot de Suduiraut. (1938-2010).
• 2011 Philippine Marine Mollusks – Volume IV – Guido T. Poppe with the collaboration of 13 authors "in Poppe". 676 pp. pls. 1015-1315.^[19]
• 2011 Poppe, G. T. & Tagaro, S.P. – The Egg Case of Melo broderipii.
• 2011 Poppe, G. T., Tagaro, S.P.& Chino, M. – Two new Rictaxiella (Gastropoda: Bullinidae) from the Philippines.
• 2011 Poppe, G. T. & Tagaro, S.P. – A new subspecies of Conus nobilis Linnaeus, 1758 from Solor Island, Indonesia.
• 2011 Poppe, G. T – A Listing of Philippine Marine Molluks V06-1.
• 2011 Poppe, G. T., Tagaro, S. P. & Bail, P. - Notes on the genus Cymbiola in the Philippines, with the redefinition of Cymbiola cathcartiae Reeve, 1856 and the description of Cymbiola laminusa n. sp. - Visaya vol. 3(4)
• 2011 Poppe, G. T., Tagaro, S. P. & Sarino, J. C. - Two New Species of Fissurellidae from Namibia. - Visaya vol. 3(4)
• 2012 Poppe, G. T – A Listing of Philippine Marine Molluks V07-2.^[20]
• 2012 Poppe, G. T., Tagaro, S. P. & Sarino, J. C. - A new Ceratoxancus (Gastropoda: PTYCHATRACTIDAE), from the Philippines. - Visaya vol. 3(5)
• 2012 Poppe, G. T., Monnier, E., Tagaro, S. P. - New Conidae from the Central Philippines. - Visaya vol. 3(5)
• 2012 Poppe, G. T., Tagaro, S. P., Crookshanks, D., Groh, K. & Sarino J. - A Statement on the Land Snails of Cebu. - Visaya vol. 3(6)
• 2013 Poppe, G., Tagaro, S. & Groh, K. - A New Species of Contradusta (GASTROPODA: CYPRAEIDAE) from the Philippines. - Visaya vol. 4(1)
• 2014 Stahlschmidt, P., Poppe, G. T. & Chino, M. - Description of Seven New Daphnella species from the Philippines. - Visaya vol. 4(2)
• 2014 Dekkers, A., Herrmann, M., Poppe, G. T. & Tagaro, S. P. - Three New Species of Subcancilla from the Pacific Ocean. (Gastropoda: MIRTIDAE). - Visaya vol. 4(2)
• 2014 Poppe, G. T., Poppe, P., Tagaro, S.P - 1000 Shells - Exceptionals from the Philippines.^[21]
• 2014 Poppe, G. T. - The Illustrated Catalog of the Living Cone Shells - A Review. - The Cone Collector
• 2014 Poppe, G. T. - A Selected bibliography for Conus Lovers. - The Cone Collector
• 2014 Poppe, G. T., Tagaro, S.P., Vilvens, C. - Three New Calliostoma from the Philippines. Visaya 4(2): 49-56.
• 2015 Poppe, G. T., Tagaro, S.P., Sarino, J.C. - A new Bradybaenidae and two new Diplommatinidae from the Philippines. Visaya 4(3): 14.
• 2015 Poppe, G. T., Tagaro, S.P., Stahlschmidt, P. - New Shelled Molluscan Species from the Central Philippines I. Visaya 4(3): 15-59.

In 1999 with Klaus Groh, he started the prestigious series "A Conchological Iconography", which today is one of the biggest compilations of its time. The following volumes have already appeared:

• 1999 Dance, Poppe & Brulet: The family Harpidae^[22]
• 1999 Kreipl, Poppe, Man in't Veld & De Turck: The family Strombidae^[23]
• 2000 Verhaeghe & Poppe: The family Ficidae^[24]
• 2000 Geiger & Poppe: The family Haliotidae^[25]
• 2001 Bail, Limpus & Poppe: The genus Amoria^[26]
• 2001 Bail & Poppe: A Taxonomic Introduction to the Recent Volutidae
• 2002 Groh, Poppe & Charles: The family Acavidae^[27]
• 2003 Alf, Kreipl & Poppe: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo
• 2004 Bail & Poppe: The Tribe Lyriini^[28]
• 2004 Monteiro A., Tenorio, J.M. & Poppe G.T.: The genus Conus of West Africa and the Mediterranean^[29]
• 2005 Bail P, Limpus A. & Terryn Y.: The Recent Volutes of New Zealand
• 2006 Raines B.K. & Poppe G.T.: The Family Pectinidae
• 2007 Fraussen K. & Terryn Y.: The family Buccinidae, genus Neptunea
• 2007 Vos C. & Terryn Y.: The family Tonnidae
• 2008 Tenorio, J. M. & Monteiro, A. & Terryn Y.: The South African species of Conus
• 2010 Bail P. & Chino M.: The Family Volutidae
• 2011 Alf. A. & Kreipl, K.: "Turbinidae Vol. II"^[30]
• 2011 Alf, A. & Kreipl, K.: "The Family Turbinidae, subfamily Turbininae, genus Turbo, Supplement 1."^[31]
• 2012 Tenorio, M.J., Tucker, J.K., Chaney, H.W.: "The families Conilithidae and Conidae: The cones of the Eastern Pacific"^[32]
• 2013 Fraussen, K. & Stratmann, D.: "The family Babyloniidae"^[33]
• 2013 Liverani, V.: "The Superfamily Stromboidea - Addenda and Corrigenda. (Suppl. 2) " ^[34]

Poppe also wrote dozens of popular articles in journals and magazines such as Hawaiian Shell News, Of Sea and Shore, Malacologia, Apex, Novapex, Musorstom, Informations, Gloria Maris, Visaya etc.

Scientific collections

As a collector he built major conchological collections, which are now housed in prestigious museums all over the world:

• Aesthetic collection in the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
• European collection in the Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum, Florida.
• Trochidae collection in the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève, Geneva.
• General collection in the Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, Brussels. The latter collection forms an important addition to the Philippe Dautzenberg collection and together both collections form the core of the conchological collections of the Institute.
• Faunistical collection of Philippine shells held by Conchology, Inc, Philippines. This collection, the most comprehensive on the subject ever made, contains over 21,000 specimens, of which more than 1500 are new to science. It is, at present, the only large collection in the world which is fully documented and digitized and the only major collection that is studied using internet technology by scientists from all over the world.

Museum correspondent

In 1996 he was honoured by the Museum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris and attributed the title of Correspondent of the Museum.^[35] In 2006 he received the title of Scientific Associate, Malacologie Section, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences.^[35]

References

1. Biography of Guido Poppe
2. Poppe images : Marine Iconographyof the Philippine Archipelago
3. World Register of Marine Species : List of species named by Poppe
4. World Register of Marine Species: List of species named after Guido Poppe and Philippe Poppe
5. WoRMS: Species named after Guido Poppe with the epithet guidopoppei
6. WoRMS: Species named after Guido Poppe with the epithet guidoi
7. The Strandloper, June/July 1979 # 196 p. 1
8. Poppe, G.T. (1985). Notes on the genus Cymbiolacca (Gastropoda, Volutidae), with the description of a novel species and a novel form Inf. Soc. Belge Malac. 13(3-4): 187-209, 3 plates
9. Poppe, G.T. (1986). A novel species and a novel subspecies of Volutidae from northwestern Australia APEX 1(1): 27-32
10. La Conchiglia Vol 19 #218-219 p. 8-22
11. La Conchiglia Vol 19 #220-221 p. 20-27
12. Poppe, G.T.; Goto, Y. (1991). European seashells: 1. (Polyplacophora, Caudofoveata, Solenogastra, Gastropoda). Christa Hemmen: Wiesbaden, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-07-4. 352 pp.
13. Poppe, G.T.; Goto, Y. (2000). European seashells: 2. (Scaphopoda, Bivalva, Cephalopoda). 2nd print. ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-10-4. 221 pp
14. Visaya Net, read the full article http://www.conchology.be/?t=702&year=2006&volume=20&vnet=1303
15. Poppe, G.T. (2008). Philippine marine mollusks: I. (Gastropoda - Part I). ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN 978-3939767084.
16. Poppe, G.T. (2008). Philippine marine mollusks: II. (Gastropoda - Part 2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN 978-3-939767-17-6.
17. Toxicon 56, 1257-1266 - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/40683075_Seronay_R._A._et_al._Accessing_novel_conoidean_venoms_Biodiverse_lumun-lumun_marine_communities_an_untapped_biological_and_toxinological_resource._Toxicon_56_1257-1266
18. Poppe, G.T. (2010). Philippine marine mollusks: III. (Gastropoda Part 3 & Bivalvia Part 1). ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN 978-3-939767-18-3. 665 pp
19. Poppe, G.T. (2010). Philippine marine mollusks: IV. (Bivalvia Part 2 & Scaphopoda, Polyplacophora, Cephalopdoa & Addenda). ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN 978-3-939767-29-9. 675 pp
20. Conchology.be - Visaya.net 28 August 2012
21. ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN 978-3-939767-56-5
22. Poppe, G.T.; Brulet, T.; Dance, S.P. (1999). The family Harpidae. A conchological iconography. ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN 3-925919-28-7. 69, 51 photoplates pp
23. Kreipl, K.; Poppe, G.T.; Man in 't Veld, L.; De Turck, K. (1999). The family Strombidae. A conchological iconography. ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN 3-925919-29-5. 58, 130 photo plates pp.
24. Verhaeghe, M.; Poppe, G.T. (2000). The family Ficidae. A conchological iconography. ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN 3-92591927-9. 31, 27 photo plates pp.
25. Geiger, D.L.; Poppe, G.T. (2000). The family Haliotidae. A conchological iconography. ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN 3-925919-31-7. 135, 83 photo plates pp
26. ail, P.; Limpus, A.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). The genus Amoria. A conchological iconography. ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN 3-925919-46-5. 50, 93 photo plates pp
27. Groh, K. et al. (2002). The family Acavidae excluding genus Ampelita. A conchological iconography. ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN 3-925919-48-1. 69, 44 photo plates
28. Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2004). The tribe Lyriini: A revision of the Recent species of the genera Lyria, Callipara, Harpulina, Enaeta and Leptoscapa. A conchological iconography. ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN 3-925919-65-1. 93, 68 photo plates pp
29. Monteiro, A.; Tenorio, M.J.; Poppe, G.T. (2004). The family Conidae: The West African and Mediterranean species of Conus. A conchological iconography. ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN 3-925919-68-6. 102, 164 photo plates pp
30. Conchbooks: Hackenheim. ISBN 978-3-939767-39-8
31. Conchbooks: Hackenheim.
32. Conchbooks: Hackenheim. ISBN 978-3-939767-42-8
33. Conchbooks: Hackenheim. ISBN 978-3-939767-47-3
34. Conchbooks: Hackenheim.
35. Conchology Inc : About us; a short biography of Poppe

External links

• Biography of Guido T. Poppe on Conchology, Inc.
• Biography of Guido T. Poppe
• Shellers From the Past and the Present
• ResearchGate Profile of Guido T. Poppe