Pierre-Henri Nyst

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Pierre-Henri Nyst (born May 16, 1813 in Arnhem ; † April 6, 1880 in Brussels ) was a Dutch malacologist who spent his entire life in Belgium .

Among other things, Nyst is known for his publication Conchyliologie des terrains Tertiaires de la Belgique (1878–1881). Together with Frederic William Harmer and Searles Valentine Wood (senior) , he is one of the most important authors of the 19th century who have made a name for themselves in the study of the fossil mollusc fauna of the North Sea basin .

List of eponyms

Numerous animal species, especially mollusks, have been named after Nyst. Here is a selection:

Mollusks

  • Acamptogenotia intorta nysti Glibert, 1954
  • Amnicola nysti de Boissy, 1848
  • Angulus (Peronaea) benedenii nysti (Deshayes, 1857)
  • Astarte nystana Kickx, 1835
  • Asthenotoma nysti d'Orbigny, 1847
  • Cerodrillia (Elaeocyma) nysti (Harmer, 1915)
  • Chlamys nysti G. Vincent, 1881
  • Corbula nystii Deshayes, 1857 = Lentidium (Ajanssenium) nitidum (J. Sowerby, 1822)
  • Crassatella nystiana d'Orbigny, 1850
  • Diplodonta (Felaniella) nysti (Bosquet, 1868)
  • Emarginula nystiana (Bosquet, 1851)
  • Euspira nysti (d'Orbigny, 1852)
  • Fissurella nystiana de Ryckholt, 1847
  • Helix nystiana Pfeiffer, 1845 = Trichodiscina coactiliata (Férussac, 1838)
  • Hydrobia nysti Mayer-Eymar, 1889
  • Limatula nysti Speyer, 1864
  • Melanoides (Tarebia) fasciatus nysti (Nyst, 1836)
  • Murex nysti A. Rouault, 1848
  • Musculus nysti Nyst, 1836 = Aulacomya subfragilis d'Orbigny, 1852
  • Mytilopsis nystiana (d'Orbigny, 1847)
  • Nuculella nysti Galeotti, 1837
  • Nystia Tournouër, 1869
  • Nystiella Clench & Turner, 1952
  • Nystiellinae Clench & Turner, 1952
  • Ocenebra pseudonysti (SV Wood, 1879)
  • Odontostoma nysti Bosquet, 1859 = Odostomia semperi (Bosquet, 1859)
  • Oxystele nysti Cossmann, 1918 = Calliostoma simile Sowerby, 1818
  • Pelecyora (Cordiopsis) polytropa nysti (d'Orbigny, 1852)
  • Pleurotoma nysti Rouault, 1848.
  • Pterynotus nysti (Von Koenen, 1867) = Pterynotus (Pterochelus) angustifolius (Kautsky, 1925)
  • Purpura (Tritonalia) nysti (Von Koenen, 1867)
  • Scobinella? nysti Glibert, 1958 = Mangia gracilior (Bell, 1871)
  • Stalagmium nysti Galeotti, 1837
  • Syrnola nysti d'Orbigny, 1852
  • Thracia nysti from Koenen, 1868
  • Thyasira nysti (Philippi, 1845)
  • Trophon muricatus nysti (Harmer, 1914) = Trophon muricatus (Montagu, 1803)
  • Trophon nysti (Rouault, 1850)

Brachiopods

  • Mannia nysti Dewalque, 1868
  • Novocrania nysti (Davidson, 1874)
  • Productus (Rugicostella) nystianus De Koninck, 1842
  • Terebratulina nysti Bosquet, 1862

Other

  • Cythere nystiana Bosquet, 1852 ( Ostracoda )
  • Loxoconcha nystiana (Bosquet, 1852) Keij, 1957 ( Ostracoda )
  • Onychocella nysti (v. Hagenow, 1851) ( Bryozoa )
  • Palaeophoca nystii Van Beneden, 1859 ( Mammalia )
  • Proboscidiella nystiana de Koninck ( Metamonada Protista )
  • Rotularia nysti Galeotti, 1837 ( Annelida )
  • Stephanophyllia nysti Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1851 ( Cnidaria )

literature

Publications about Pierre-Henri Nyst

  • Crosse, H. & P. ​​Fischer: Nécrologie . Journal de Conchyliologie, 29 (1): 102., 1881.
  • Etheridge, R .: Pierre Henri Nyst . Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, Proceedings, 37: 50-51. 1881.
  • Dupont, É .: Notice sur la vie et les travaux de Pierre-Henri Nyst, Membre de L'Académie . Annuaire de l'Academie Royale de Belgique, 48: 307-324. 1882.

Publications by Pierre-Henri Nyst

  • Recherches sur les coquilles fossiles de la province d'Anvers , 36 pp; Bruxelles 1835.
  • Tableau de coquilles fossiles de la province Limbourg . - Appendice de: Ph. Vandermaelen, Dictionnaire géographique de la province de Limbourg. 1835.
  • Recherches sur les coquilles fossiles de Kleyn-Spauwen et Housselt (Province de Limbourg) . Messager des Science et des Arts de la Belgique ou Nouv. Arch. Hist., Suffered. et sci., 4: 139-180. 1836.
  • Description of the coquilles et des polypiers fossiles des terrains tertiaires de la Belgique . - Mémoires cour. Académie royal Bruxelles, 17: 1-676, 47 pls .; 1843.
  • Conchyliologie des Terrains tertiaires de la Belgique . Annales du Musée Royale d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, 3: 1-262 (1878), 28 pls. (1881).
  • Paléontologie des Terrains tertiaires de la Belgique. Part I: Terrain pliocène scaldisien . Annales du Musée Royale d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, III. 1881.}

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personal data
SURNAME Nyst, Pierre-Henri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch malacologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH Arnhem
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 1880
Place of death Brussels