Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet

Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (26 August 1809 – 9 October 1892) was a French naturalist, born in Lays, Doubs. He was a member of the Commission to Algeria, primarily as a natural artist, drawing any natural findings.

He had a particular interest in molluscs, particularly the molluscan species of Africa, and published many works on the topic.

Morelet married Noémie de Folin, sister of Léopold de Folin. Morelet died of natural causes in 1892, in Dijon.

Taxa described

Morelet described various taxa, including:

• Cyclophorus horridulum (Morelet, 1882) - a species of land snail

Taxa named in his honour

Taxa named in honour of Arthur Morelet include:

• Agalychnis moreletii (A.M.C. Duméril, 1853) – Morelet's Treefrog
• Crocodylus moreletii A.H.A. Duméril & Bibron, 1851 – Morelet's Crocodile^[1]
• Mesaspis moreletii (Bocourt, 1871)^[1]
• Ommatoiulus moreletii (Lucas, 1860) – a millipede

Gastropods:

• Clavator moreleti Crosse & Fischer, 1868
• Conus moreleti Crosse, 1858
• Edentulina moreleti (Adams, 1868)
• Leidyula moreleti (Fischer, 1871)
• Letourneuxia moreleti (P. Hesse 1884)
• Onoba moreleti Dautzenberg, 1889
• Patella moreleti Drouet, 1858

Bibliography

• Morelet A. (1845). Description des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du Portugal. pp. [1–3], I–VII, 1–116, Pl. I–XIV. Paris. (Bailliere). scan
• Morelet A. (1860). Iles Açores. Notice sur l'histoire naturelle des Açores suivie d'une description des mollusques terrestres de cet archipel. scan

References

1. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Morelet", pp. 182-183).

External links

• Works by or about Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet at Internet Archive