Louis Germain

Alfred Louis Pierre Germain (8 January 1878 - 18 October 1942) was a French malacologist born in Niort, department Deux-Sèvres.

He studied in Angers and Paris, obtaining his doctorate of sciences in 1907. Later he worked under Louis Joubin (1861-1935) in the laboratory of mollusks, worms and zoophytes at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris. From 1936 to 1942 he was director of the museum.[1]

Recently (2010), a new genus of freshwater mussels from Madagascar called Germainaia was introduced into science.[2]

Written works

References

  1. France savante (biographical information)
  2. Bione Published by: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2010
  3. Prosopo (list of publications)
  4. Biodiversity Heritage Library of Australia

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