David Geyer (6 November 1855 – 6 November 1932)
[Eugene V. Coan, Alan R. Kabat & Richard E. Petit, (15 February) 2009. ''2,400 years of malacology, 6th ed.'' 830 pp. + 32 pp. nnex of Collations American Malacological Society: http://www.malacological.org/publications/2400_malacology.html] was a German zoologist,
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 ...
and paleontologist.
Bibliography
Works by David Geyer were published in German language:
* (1896). ''Unsere Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken''. Einführung in die Molluskenfauna Deutschlands. Nebst einem Anhang über das Sammeln der Mollusken: i-vi, 1-85, i-xii. Stuttgart.
* (1908). "Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna Schwabens II. Vallonien". Jahreshefte des Vereins fuer vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 64: 305-330, Taf. 3-4. Stuttgart.
* (1909)
''Unsere Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken. Einführung in die Molluskenfauna Deutschlands. Nebst einem Anhang über das Sammeln der Mollusken (2nd ed.)'' i-viii, 1-155. Stuttgart.
* (1909)
''Die Weichtiere Deutschlands: eine biologische Darstellung der einheimischen Schnecken und Muscheln''
* (1917). "Die Mollusken des schwäbischen Lösses in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart". ''Jahresber. Ver. vaterl. Naturk. Württemberg'' 73: 23-92, pi. 2.
* (1925). "David Geyer geboren am 6. November 1855 zu Köngen am Neckar". ''Archiv für Molluskenkunde'', 57: 162-170. (
autobiography
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)
* (1927). ''Unsere Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken. Einführung in die Molluskenfauna Deutschlands'' (3rd ed.): i-xi, 1-224. Stuttgart.
Species described by David Geyer include:
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Vallonia suevica'' Geyer, 1908
Species and subspecies named in honor of David Geyer include:
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Vertigo geyeri
''Vertigo geyeri'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vertigo geyeri Lindholm, 1925. Acce ...
'' Lindholm, 1925
* ''
Bythiospeum geyeri'' (Fuchs, 1925)
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Valvata piscinalis
''Valvata piscinalis'', common name the European stream valvata or European valve snail, is a species of small freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails. It is also kn ...
geyeri'' (Menzel, 1904)
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Xerocrassa geyeri'' (Soós, 1926)
References
Further reading
* Anon. 1925 "David Geyer zum 70. Geburtstage!" ''Archiv für Molluskenkunde'', 57: 161.
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Wägele H. 1933. "David Geyer Geb. 6. Nov. 1855, gest. 6. Nov. 1932". ''Archiv für Molluskenkunde'', 65: 70–84.
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1855 births
1932 deaths
19th-century German zoologists
German malacologists
20th-century German zoologists
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