François-Joseph Cantraine

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François-Joseph Cantraine (born December 1, 1801 in Ellezelles , † December 22, 1868 in Ghent ) was a Belgian zoologist ( malacologist ).

Cantraine studied mathematics at the University of Leuven, but was also interested in natural history and studied zoology in Leiden. There he took part in a six-year zoological collecting trip to Italy, Dalmatia and neighboring areas. In 1833 he received his doctorate in Leuven and in 1835 he became professor of zoology and comparative anatomy in Ghent.

Cantraine published treatises on fossil and recent molluscs and fish in the bulletin of the Académie royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles (of which he was a corresponding member since 1835 and a full member since 1836), including his main work of 1841 on mollusks of the Mediterranean.

For example, he was the first to describe the marbled bean clam (Modiolarca subpica).

In 1845 he received the order of Grand Ducal de la Couronne de Chêne.

Fonts

  • Malacologie méditerranéenne et littorale, ou description des mollusques qui vivent dans la Méditerranée ou sur le continent de l'Italie, ainsi que des coquilles qui se trouvent dans les terrains tertiaires italiens; avec des observations sur leur anatomie, leurs mœurs, leur analogie et leur gisement, Nouveaux mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles, Volume 13, 1841, pp. 1–176

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mytilidae
personal data
SURNAME Cantraine, François-Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian zoologist (malacologist)
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1801
PLACE OF BIRTH Ellezelles
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 1868
Place of death Ghent