Jacques Philippe Raymond Draparnaud - Taxa

Taxa

Draparnaud named ("described") a large number of new taxa of molluscs, including for example:

  • Arion subfuscus, a land slug
  • Bulimulus lineatus, a tropical land snail
  • Myosotella myosotis, a saltmarsh snail

In addition, many other taxa of molluscs were named by others in honor of him, including:

  • Draparnaudiidae, a family of land snails
  • Draparnaudia, a genus of land snails
  • Oxychilus draparnaudi, a species of land snail

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