Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet

"Morelet" redirects here. For the French wine grape also known as Morelet, see Négrette.

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 had a particular interest in mollusks, which he published many works on, particularly the molluscan species of Africa.

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

Taxa named in honour

Taxa named in honour of Arthur Morelet include:

• Agalychnis moreletii (Duméril, 1853) - Morelet's Treefrog
• Crocodylus moreletii - Morelet's Crocodile
• Mesaspis moreletii^{[citation needed]}
• Ommatoiulus moreletii (Lucas, 1860) - a millipede^{[citation needed]}

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

External links

• works by Arthur Morelet at Internet Archive
• another set of his works at Internet Archive

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Name	Morelet, Pierre Marie Arthur
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Date of birth	26 August 1809
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Date of death	9 October 1892
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