Hippolyt Tschapeck (4 October 1825,

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– 11 December 1897, Vienna) was an Austrian

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 ...

, known for his studies of

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s native to

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. He studied in

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and

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and at the

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, where he received his doctorate in 1848. He later became part of the military justice system, rising to the rank of hauptmann-auditor. In retirement he moved to

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, then in 1887 returned to Vienna.Tschapeck, Hippolyt (1825–1897), Zoologe
Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon und biographische DokumentationHippolyt Tschapeck
Zobodat Earlier in his career he conducted investigations of

Coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

(beetles), then around 1875 his primary focus turned to the field of malacology. Although he published nothing on Coleoptera, he provided some details for Karel Brančik's "''Die Käfer der Steiermark''" (1871). He was the author of numerous papers on mollusk fauna in the publication "''Nachrichtenblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft''".

Taxa

* '' Bythiospeum tschapecki'', a

freshwater snail Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks that live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs t ...

, described by

Stefan Clessin Stefan Clessin (13 November 1833, in Würzburg – 21 December 1911, in Regensburg) was a German malacologist. He served as a military officer, and from 1862 worked for the Bavarian railways. He was an editor of the '' Malakozoologische Blätter' ...

(1878). * ''Euthiconus tschapecki'', a scydmaenine, described by

Félicien Henry Caignart de Saulcy Félicien Henry Caignart de Saulcy (1832-1912) was a French entomologist specialising in Coleoptera. He was especially interested in the beetle fauna of caves. His collection of Scydmaenidae, Trechinae, Bathysciinae, Liodidae, Staphylinidae, ...

(1878). * ''Limax tschapecki'', a

land slug Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusc. The word ''slug'' is also often used as part of the common name of any gastropod mollusc that has no shell, a very reduced shell, or only a sma ...

, described by

Heinrich Simroth Heinrich Rudolf Simroth (10 May 1851 Riestedt (now a part of Sangerhausen) – 31 August 1917 Gautzsch near Leipzig), was a German zoologist and malacologist. He was a professor of zoology in Leipzig. Academic career: 1888–1917 University of Le ...

(1886). * ''Pagodulina tschapecki'', a

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, described by

Vinzenz Maria Gredler Vinzenz Maria Gredler (30 September 1823, in Telfs near Innsbruck – 4 May 1912, in Bozen) was an Austrian naturalist. Gredler, who was a Dominican friar, first studied classics (1835–1841) then philosophy and theology (1842–1848). He th ...

(1877).Hippolyt Tshapeck - ein für die Steiermark bedeutender Malakologe
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Bibliography

* 1876: Die Grenze zwischen Hei foetens und Hei. planospira. — Nachr.-Bl. dtsch. malak. Ges., 8. * 1876: Campylea styriaca FRAUENF. — Nachr.-Bl. dtsch. malak. Ges., 8: 145-149. * 1878: Obersteirische Succineen. — Nachr.-Bl. dtsch. malak. Ges., 10: 137-138. * 1879: Styriaca. — Nachr.-Bl. dtsch. malak. Ges., 11: 8-11. * 1880: Styriaca. —Jb. dtsch. malak. Ges., 7: 183-191. * 1881: Einige Süßwasser-Mollusken des Sanngebietes in Untersteiermark. —Jb. dtsch. malak. Ges., 8. * 1881: Kleine Notizen aus der Steiermark. — Nachr.-Bl. dtsch. malak. Ges., 13: 11-14. * 1881: Eine neue Varietät vom Hum in Untersteiermark. — Nachr.-Bl. dtsch. malak. Ges., 13: 22-25. * 1881: Von den steirischen Abhängen der Ursula. — Nachr.-Bl. dtsch. malak. Ges., 13: 69-74. * 1882: Zur steirischen Clausilien-Fauna. — Nachr.-Bl. dtsch. malak. Ges., 14: 20-25. * 1883: Formen der Clausilia dubia DRAP, in der Steiermark. — Nachr.-Bl. dtsch. malak. Ges., 15: 26-32. * 1884: Aus dem Sommer 1883 in Steiermark. — Nachr.-Bl. dtsch. malak. Ges., 16: 17-21. * 1885: Von der Tanneben bei Peggau in Steiermark. — Nachr.-Bl. dtsch. malak. Ges., 17: 7-22. * 1885: Ein Melania-Nachtrag aus Steiermark. — Nachr.-Bl. dtsch. malak. Ges., 17: 82-84. * 1886: Altes und Neues über Clausilia Grimmeri (PARR.) A. SCHM. — Nachr.-Bl. dtsch. malak. Ges., 18: 179-183. * 1887: Von Grimming bis Altaussee. — Nachr.-Bl. dtsch. malak. Ges., 19: 65-82. * 1890: Ueber das Auftreten der Alinda biplicata MTG. und ihres Formenkreises in Niederösterreich. — Nachr.-Bl. dtsch. malak. Ges., 22: 49-60.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tschapeck, Hippolyt 1825 births 1897 deaths Scientists from Vienna University of Vienna alumni Coleopterists Austrian malacologists Naturalists from Austria-Hungary