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Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet
Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet
Born	26 August 1809; Lays, Doubs, France
Died	9 October 1892 (aged 83); Dijon, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Naturalist
Spouse	Noémie de Folin

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 collected specimens in the Canary Islands, Guatemala and Mexico.^[1]

He had a particular interest in molluscs and was recognised as a leading expert in the field.^[2]

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
Crocodylus moreletii (Morelet, 1850) – a crocodile^[1]

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) – Morelet's alligator lizard^[1]
Ommatoiulus moreletii (Lucas, 1860) – Portuguese millipede^{[citation needed]}
Sporophila morelleti (Bonaparte, 1850) – Morelet's seedeater^[3]

Gastropods:

Clavator moreleti Crosse & Fischer, 1868^{[citation needed]}
Conus moreleti Crosse, 1858^{[citation needed]}
Edentulina moreleti (Adams, 1868)^{[citation needed]}
Leidyula moreleti (Fischer, 1871)^{[citation needed]}
Letourneuxia moreleti (P. Hesse, 1884)^{[citation needed]}
Onoba moreleti Dautzenberg, 1889^{[citation needed]}
Patella moreleti Drouet, 1858^{[citation needed]}

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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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).
^ Fumagalli, Maria Cristina; Hulme, Peter; Robinson, Owen; Wylie, Lesley (2013). Surveying the American Tropics : A Literary Geography from New York to Rio. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. pp. 116–117. ISBN 9781846318900.
^ "Fifty-ninth Supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds", The Auk 135: 798-813, at p. 809. doi:10.1642/AUK-18-62.1. For a full taxonomic history of this species with copious references, see R. Wright, "Sharpe's Pygmy Finch", Birding New Jersey, June 22, 2018.

External links

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[EDR-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).

[2] Fumagalli, Maria Cristina; Hulme, Peter; Robinson, Owen; Wylie, Lesley (2013). Surveying the American Tropics : A Literary Geography from New York to Rio. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. pp. 116–117. ISBN 9781846318900.

[3] "Fifty-ninth Supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds", The Auk 135: 798-813, at p. 809. doi:10.1642/AUK-18-62.1. For a full taxonomic history of this species with copious references, see R. Wright, "Sharpe's Pygmy Finch", Birding New Jersey, June 22, 2018.

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