Sauveur Abel Aubert Petit de la Saussaye

Sauveur Abel Aubert Petit de la Saussaye (1792–1870)[1] was a malacologist from France. His surname is: Petit de la Saussaye.

From 1850 to 1853 he was editor of the Journal de Conchyliologie.[2] He was the author of the following:

  • Notice à l'usage des personnes qui s'occupent de la recherche des coquilles, 1838 – Instructions of usage for persons involved in the search for shells. [3]
  • Catalogue des mollusques testacés des mers d'Europe, 1869 – Catalog of shelled mollusks found in the seas of Europe.[4]

Species described

Species and genera described by Sauveur Abel Aubert Petit de la Saussaye include (in chronology order):

  • Rimellopsis powisii (Petit de la Saussaye, 1840)
  • Thais capensis Petit de la Saussaye, 1852
  • Triton loroisii Petit de la Saussaye, 1852 is a synonym for Turritriton labiosus (Wood, 1828)
  • Recluzia Petit de la Saussaye, 1853
  • Zophos baudoni (Petit de la Saussaye, 1853)
  • Fusinus couei (Petit de la Saussaye, 1853)
  • Xenophora caribaea Petit de la Saussaye, 1857
  • Acteon senegalensis (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)
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References
  1. Coan E. V. & Kabat A. R. (2017). 2,400 years of malacology, 14th ed., 1,443 pp. + 110 pp. [Annex 1 – Book Collations] + 65 pp. [Annex 2 – Küster Collation], 51 pp. [Annex 3 – Journal Collations].. American Malacological Society: http://www.malacological.org/2004_malacology.html
  2. Biodiversity Heritage Library Journal de Conchyliologie
  3. Google Books (publications)
  4. Biodiversity Heritage Library (publications)
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