Charles Des Moulins, full name Charles Robert Alexandre Des Moulins (13 March 1798 – 23 December 1875)[1] was a French naturalist, a botanist and malacologist.

He was a member of several learned societies, including the American Philosophical Society, which elected him an international Member in 1861,[2] and the Société linnéenne de Bordeaux, of which he served as its president in 1826.[3]

Taxa

Moulins named and described numerous species of snails, for example:

In turn, in recognition of his services to malacology, a number of species of mollusks were named after him. These latter species included both fossil and recent, both bivalves and gastropods and were mainly non-marine species, however, a few were marine species. Examples as follows:

Moulins also named various species of plants, including:

The botanical genus Moulinsia (family Sapindaceae) was named in his honor by Jacques Cambessèdes.[4][5]

The standard author abbreviation Des Moul. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[6]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ Eugene V. Coan, Alan R. Kabat & Richard E. Petit, 2009. 2,400 years of malacology, 6th ed. Archived 2018-10-05 at the Wayback Machine February 15, 2009, 830 pp. + 32 pp. [Annex of Collations]. American Malacological Society.
  2. ^ "Charles Desmoulins". American Philosophical Society Member History Database. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  3. ^ Sociétés savantes de France biography in French
  4. ^ BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  5. ^ Moulinsia Cambess. Trpoicos.org
  6. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Des Moul.
  7. ^ Comparaison des départements de la Gironde et de la Dordogne... HathiTrust Digital Library
  8. ^ Quelques réflexions sur la doctrine scientifique dite Darwinisme OCLC WorldCat


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