César Auguste Récluz (17 March 1799 in

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– 11 July 1873 in

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) was a French

malacologist Malacology, from Ancient Greek μαλακός (''malakós''), meaning "soft", and λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (molluscs or mollusks), the second-largest ...

.Guy Devaux: Un Pharmacien malacologiste, César Récluz. In: Revue d'Histoire de la Pharmacie. Vol 67, N0. 402, 2019, ISSN 0035-2349, S. 183–200. He worked as a

pharmacist A pharmacist, also known as a chemist in English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English, is a healthcare professional who is knowledgeable about preparation, mechanism of action, clinical usage and legislation of medications in ...

in Vaugirard; as an amateur malacologist, he specialized in the family

Neritidae Neritidae, common name the nerites, is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Family (biology), family of small to medium-sized saltwater and freshwater snails which have a gill and a distinctive Operculum (gastropod), operculum. MolluscaBase eds. (202 ...

, of which he described approximately 200 species. Much of his conchology collection was acquired by

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. In 1853 Sauveur Abel Aubert Petit de la Saussaye named the

sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

genus '' Recluzia'' in his honour. He also has several species named after him; examples being '' Conus recluzianus'', ''Polinices reclusianus,'' ''Paramya recluzi,'' and '' Glossaulax reclusiana.''

Works

* ''Description de quelques nouvelles espéces de nérites vivantes'', Revue zoologique, 1841, p. 102-109 * ''Prodrome d'une monographie du genre Erycine'', 1844. * ''Monographie du genre Narica'', 1845. * ''Mélanges Malacologiques'', 1859.WorldCat Search
published works

References

French malacologists Conchologists 1799 births 1873 deaths {{France-zoologist-stub