Johannes Thiele (zoologist)
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Karl Hermann Johannes Thiele (1 October 1860 – 5 August 1935) was a German
zoologist Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the structure, embryology, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems. Zoology is one ...
specialized in
malacology 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 ...
. Thiele was born in Goldap,
East Prussia East Prussia was a Provinces of Prussia, province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1772 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 1871); following World War I it formed part of the Weimar Republic's ...
. His ''Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde'' (
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edition published by the Smithsonian under the title ''Handbook of Systematic Malacology'') is a standard work. From 1904 until his retirement in 1925 he was the curator of the malacological collection at the Museum für Naturkunde (Museum of Natural History) in Berlin. Thiele described more than 1.500 new species of molluscs; until today their types are deposited with the Museum of Natural History in Berlin. Especially important are his works on the Mollusca of the First German Antarctica Expedition and of the German Deep Sea Expedition aboard the vessel Valdivia. Thiele's classification of
Gastropoda Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
has been in use up to the past decade. It modified an earlier concept of
Henri Milne-Edwards Henri Milne-Edwards (23 October 1800 – 29 July 1885) was a French zoologist. Biography Henri Milne-Edwards was the 27th child of William Edwards, an English planter and colonel of the militia in Jamaica and Elisabeth Vaux, a Frenchwoman. Hen ...
(1848) with three subclasses:
Prosobranchia Prosobranchia was a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Class (biology), subclass of sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. This taxon of gastropods dates back to the 1920s. It has however been proven to be polyphyly, polyphyletic (consis ...
,
Opisthobranchia Opisthobranchs () is a now informal name for a large and diverse group of specialized complex gastropods which used to be united in the subclass Opisthobranchia. That taxon is no longer considered to represent a monophyletic grouping. Euopisth ...
and
Pulmonata Pulmonata or pulmonates is an informal group (previously an order, and before that, a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includes ...
. Thiele's classification was based on overall similarity between the species. This classification has been modified over the years, one recent example being the classification of Ponder & Lindberg, 1997, based on phylogenetic arguments. He became the first to describe ''
Geodia exigua ''Geodia exigua'' is a species of sponge that produces the sesquiterpene spiro compound exiguamide. The species was first described by Johannes Thiele in 1898. It is a marine organism Marine life, sea life or ocean life is the collective ...
'' in 1898.


Bibliography

* 1891–1893. ''Das Gebiss der Schnecken, zur Begründung einer natürlichen Classification''. Bd. 2, 402 p., Berlin (Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung. (Continuation of the work started by
Franz Hermann Troschel Franz Hermann Troschel (10 October 1810 – 6 November 1882) was a German zoologist born in Spandau. He studied mathematics and natural history at the University of Berlin, where he was awarded his doctorate in 1834.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; G ...
in 1866–1879). ** 1891. ''Das Gebiis der Schnecken, zur Begründung einer natürlichen Classification''. Nicolai, Berlin, 2(7): 249–334, plates 25–28. ** 1893. ''Das Gebiis der Schnecken, zur Begründung einer natürlichen Classification''. Nicolai, Berlin, 2(8): 337–409, plates 29–32. * 1891. ''Die Stammesverwandtschaft der Mollusken''. Ein Beitrag zur Phylogenie der Tiere. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft 25, 480–543. * 1892. ''Wurmmollusken''. Sitzungsberichte der naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft ISIS in Dresden 1892, 3–4. * 1894. ''Über die Zungen einiger Landdeckelschnecken''. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 26, 23–25. * 1894. Beiträge zur vergleichenden Anatomie der Amphineuren. I. Über einige Neapler Solenogastres. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie 58, 222–302. * 1895. ''Hemitrichia guimarasensis'' n. sp. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 27, 131–132. * 1895bÜber die Verwandtschaftsbeziehungen der Amphineuren. Biologisches Centralblatt 15, 859–869. * 1897. Zwei australische Solenogastres. Zoologischer Anzeiger 19, 398–400. * 1900. Verzeichnis der von Herrn Dr. Alfred Voeltzkow gesammelten marinen und litoralen Mollusken. Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 26, 241–252. * 1900. ''Proneomenia thulensis'' n. sp.. In: Fauna Artica, Eine Zusammenstellung der arktischen Tierformen, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Spitzbergen-Gebietes auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Deutschen Expedition in das Nördliche Eismeer im Jahre 1898 (Römer, F. &
Fritz Schaudinn Fritz Richard Schaudinn (19 September 1871 – 22 June 1906) was a German zoologist. Born in Röseningken (now in Ozyorsky District) in the Province of Prussia, he co-discovered, with Erich Hoffmann in 1905, the causative agent of syphilis, ' ...
, ed.), vol. 1, 111–116. * 1902. ''Proneomenia amboinensis'' n. sp. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 8, 733–738. * 1906. Zwei neue ''Macrodontes''-Arten. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 38, 69–71 * Martens & Thiele, J. 1908. Beschreibung einiger im östlichen Borneo von Dr. Martin Schmidt gesammelten Land- und Süßwasser-Conchylien. Mitteilungen aus dem zoologischen Museum in Berlin 4, 251–291. * Thiele & Jaeckel 1931. Muscheln der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. In: Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 (Chun, C. ed.), vol. 21, No. 1,
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, Jena. * 1910. Molluskenfauna Westindiens. Zoologische Jahrbücher Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere Suppl.11, 109–132. * 1910. Eine arabische Ennea und Bemerkungen über andere Arten. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 6, 280–284. * 1911. Mollusken der deutschen Zentralafrika-Expedition. In: Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Zentralafrika-Expedition 1907 bis 1908, vol. 3, 175–214. * 1911. Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905, vol. Band III, Lieferung 11, Prof. Dr. W. Michaelsen und Dr. R. Hartmeyer, Verlag von Gustav Fischer Verlag in Jena. * 1912
Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln
In: Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903 (
Erich von Drygalski Erich Dagobert von Drygalski (; February 9, 1865 – January 10, 1949) was a German geographer, geophysicist and polar scientist, born in Königsberg, East Prussia. Between 1882 and 1887, Drygalski studied mathematics and natural science at ...
, E.v. ed.), vol. 8, No. 5, Georg Reimer, Berlin. * 1920. Familia
Limidae The Limidae or file shells are members of the only family of bivalve molluscs in the order Limida. The family includes 130 living species, assigned to 10 genera. Widely distributed in all seas from shallow to deep waters, the species are usually ...
. In: Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz (Küster, H.C.,
Wilhelm Kobelt Wilhelm Kobelt (20 February 1840 – 26 March 1916) was a German zoologist born in Alsfeld, Grand Duchy of Hesse. He specialized in the field of malacology. Kobelt was born in Alsfeld to parish priest Wilhelm (1809–74) and Auguste (1815–97) ...
&
Fritz Haas Fritz Haas (January 4, 1886 – December 26, 1969 in Hollywood, Florida) was a Jewish German zoologist born in Frankfurt-am-Main, Frankfurt am Main. He specialized in the field of malacology. He was trained in biology by herpetologist Oskar Boettg ...
ed.), vol. 7, No. 2, Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg. * 1925
Thiele J., 1925. Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. In:. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia” 1898–1899 II. Teil, vol. 17, No. 2, Gustav Fischer, Berlin
* 1927. Über die Familie Assimineidae. Zoologische Jahrbücher Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 53, 113–146. * 1927. Über einige brasilianische Landschnecken. Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 40, 305–329. * 1928. Revision des Systems der Hydrobiiden und Melaniiden. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 55, 351–402. * 1928. Mollusken vom Bismarck-Archipel, von Neu-Guinea und Nachbar-Inseln. Zoologische Jahrbücher Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 55, 119–146. * 1929–1935. Handbuch der Systematischen Weichtierkunde. 2 Bände. 1–1154. 1154 p., 584 figs. * 1930. Gastropoda und Bivalvia. In: Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-asutralischen Forschungsreise 1905 (Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. ed.), vol. 5, No. 8, 561–596. * 1931. Über einige hauptsächlich afrikanische Landschnecken. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1930, 392–403.


References

*Bieler, R. & P. M. Mikkelsen (eds.) (1992). Handbook of Systematic Malacology, Part 1 (Loricata olyplacophora Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). Smithsonian Institution and National Science Foundation, xviii + 625 pp., 470+1 text-fig. (Annotated English-language edition of: Thiele, J., Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde, Teil 1). Also published, in 1993, by Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart/Jena/New York.


External links

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Kenneth J. Boss and Rudiger Bieler: Thiele, Johannes. "To Zoology. Part 2. Genus-Group Names (Mollusca).", Nemouria, Occasional Papers of the Delaware Museum of Natural History nr. 39, 1991
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