Jean Guillaume Bruguière
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France
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physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
, zoologist and diplomat.
Bruguière was born in Montpellier
Montpellier
-Neighbourhoods:Since 2001, Montpellier has been divided into seven official neighbourhoods, themselves divided into sub-neighbourhoods. Each of them possesses a neighbourhood council....
.
He was a doctor, connected to the University of Montpellier
University of Montpellier
The University of Montpellier was a French university in Montpellier in the Languedoc-Roussillon région of the south of France. Its present-day successor universities are the University of Montpellier 1, Montpellier 2 University and Paul Valéry University, Montpellier III.-History:The university...
. His was interested in invertebrate
Invertebrate
An invertebrate is an animal without a backbone. The group includes 97% of all animal species – all animals except those in the chordate subphylum Vertebrata .Invertebrates form a paraphyletic group...
s, mostly snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s (gastropods).
He accompanied the explorer Kerguelen-Trémarec
Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec
Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec was a Breton explorer and French naval officer.- Early life:He was born in Landudal, Finistère. During the Seven Years' War, Kerguelen-Trémarec was a privateer, but without much success....
on his first voyage to the Antarctic
Antarctic
The Antarctic is the region around the Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica and the ice shelves, waters and island territories in the Southern Ocean situated south of the Antarctic Convergence...
in 1773. In 1790 he accompanied the entomologist Olivier on an expedition to Persia, but his poor health didn't allow him to continue. In 1792, although he was ill, he visited the Greek archipelago and the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
, together with the entomologist Guillaume-Antoine Olivier
Guillaume-Antoine Olivier
Guillaume-Antoine Olivier was a French entomologist.He was the author of Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des Insectes and Le Voyage dans l'Empire Othoman, l'Égypte et la Perse . He was a close friend of Johan Christian Fabricius and a patron of Pierre André Latreille.-References:...
. He was asked by the French Directoire to try to set up a Franco-Persian alliance
Franco-Persian alliance
A Franco-Persian alliance was formed for a short period between the French Empire of Napoleon I and the Persian Empire of Fath Ali Shah against Russia and Great Britain between 1807 to 1809. The alliance was part of a grand Napoleonic scheme to cross the Middle East in order to attack British India...
, but was unsuccessful, lacking the training of a diplomat. He died on the voyage back.
He described several taxa in his book Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des trois Règnes de la Nature
Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique
The Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois regnes de la nature was an illustrated encyclopedia of plants, animals and minerals, notable for including the first scientific descriptions of many species, and for its attractive engravings. It was published in Paris by Charles Joseph Panckoucke,...
: vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypes divers) which appeared in three volumes in 1827, long after he had died.
He also wrote Histoire Naturelle des Vers. Vol. 1 (1792) but he had to stop at the letter "C". Christian Hee Hwass
Christian Hee Hwass
Christian Hee Hwass was a Danish malacologist who is remembered for his work in conchology. Although born in Denmark, Hwass did most of his important work in France. He moved to Paris in 1780, and later Auteuil...
continued his work and wrote most of it.
He died in October 1798 (and not in 1799, as mentioned in some sources; there was a discrepancy due to the French revolutionary calendar).
He was mainly interested in molluscs and other invertebrates, as can be seen in the following list of the taxa he named.
Authority
He named more than 140 marine genera or species, among them :Genera
- Anodontites Bruguière, 1792 (mollusc)
- CerithiumCerithiumCerithium is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cerithiidae, the ceriths. The genus is known from the Cretaceous to the Recent periods.- Species :Species within this genus include:...
Bruguière, 1789 (mollusc) - Cerithium subg. Cerithium Bruguière, 1789 (mollusc)
- CorbulaCorbulaCorbula is a genus of bivalve molluscs in the Corbulidae family -Species :* Corbula aequivalvis Philippi, 1836* Corbula albuginosa Hinds, 1843* Corbula amethystina * Corbula arcaeformis Lynge, 1909...
Bruguière, 1792 (mollusc) - LimaLima (genus)Lima is a genus of file shells or file clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae, the file shells, within the subclass Pteriomorphia.The shells are obliquely trigonal, and strongly radially ribbed, the ribs scabrous to spinose....
Bruguière, 1797 (mollusc) - Lingula Lingula (genus)Lingula is a genus of brachiopods within the class Lingulata. Lingula is known since the Tertiary.-Species:The following species are recognised:*Lingula adamsi Dall, 1873*Lingula anatina Lamarck, 1801*Lingula dregeri Andreae, 1893...
Bruguière, 1791 (brachiopod) - Lucina Bruguière, 1797 (mollusc)
- OlivaOliva (genus)Oliva is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Olividae, the olive snails or olive shells.-Species:Species within the genus Oliva include:subgenus Acutoliva...
Bruguière, 1789 (mollusc) - OrthocerasOrthocerasOrthoceras is a genus of extinct nautiloid cephalopod. This genus is sometimes called Orthoceratites. Note it is sometimes misspelled as Orthocera, Orthocerus or Orthoceros ....
Bruguière, 1789 (mollusc) - Ovula Bruguière, 1789 (mollusc)
- TerebraTerebraTerebra is a genus of medium-sized, predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Terebridae, the auger snails. Members of this genus do not have a radula.-Species:Species in the genus Terebra include:...
Bruguière, 1789 (mollusc)
Species :
- Acanthopleura spinosa (Bruguière, 1792) (mollusc)
- Anadara ovalisAnadara ovalisAnadara ovalis, or the blood ark clam, is a clam in the family Arcidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Massachusetts to the West Indies and Brazil. It resides from the low-tide line to a depth of ten feet....
Bruguière, 1789 (mollusc) - Anodontites crispata Bruguière, 1792 (mollusc)
- Arca imbricataArca imbricataArca imbricata, or the mossy ark clam, is a clam in the family Arcidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies, Brazil, and Bermuda.-Description:...
Bruguière, 1789 (mollusc) - Balanus crenatusBalanus crenatusBalanus crenatus is a species of acorn barnacle in the Balanidae family. It is found in the North Pacific and the North Atlantic Ocean.-Description:...
Bruguière (crustacean) - Balanus perforatusBalanus perforatusBalanus perforatus is a species of barnacle in the family Balanidae. It is found on the lower shore and in the neritic zone in the warm temperate parts of the eastern Atlantic Ocean.-Description:...
Bruguière (crustacean) - Batillaria zonalisBatillaria zonalisBatillaria zonalis is a species of small sandy shore snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Batillariidae, the horn snails.- Further reading :...
Bruguière, 1792 (mollusc) - Beroe ovata Bruguière, 1789 (Ctenophora)
- Bulla striata Bruguière, 1789 (mollusc)
- Bullia miranBullia miranDorsanum miran, common name : the Moroccan bullia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.-Distribution:...
Bruguière, 1789 (mollusc) - Cardita ajar Bruguière, 1792 (mollusc)
- Cardium ringens Bruguière, 1789 (mollusc)
- Cassidula aurisfelis Bruguière, 1789 (mollusc)
- Cerithium eburneumCerithium eburneumCerithium eburneum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium eburneum includes the Western Central Atlantic.* North America* USA...
Bruguière, 1792 (mollusc) - Cerithium vulgatumCerithium vulgatumCerithium vulgatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-References:* Backeljau, T. . Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels,...
Bruguière (mollusc) - Chaetopleura spinosa Bruguière, 1792 (mollusc)
- Concholepas concholepasConcholepas concholepasConcholepas concholepas, common names the Chilean abalone, loco or pata de burro and chanque , is a species of large edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk. Despite the superficial resemblance, C...
Bruguière, 1792 (mollusc) - Chondrina avenaceaChondrina avenaceaChondrina avenacea is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Chondrinidae.- Distribution :This species occurs in:* Western Europe* Bulgaria...
Bruguière, 1792 (mollusc) - Conus arenatusConus arenatusConus arenatus, common name the sand-dusted cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies....
Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (mollusc) - Conus catusConus catusConus catus, common name the cat cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous...
Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (mollusc) - Conus gubernatorConus gubernatorConus gubernator is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or...
Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (mollusc) - Conus pulcher siamensis Hwass in Bruguière,1792 (mollusc)
- Diplodon granosus Bruguière, 1792 (mollusc)
- Gourmya vulgata Bruguière, 1789 (mollusc)
- Lingula anatina Lamarck, 1801 (brachiopod)
- Micromelo undataMicromelo undataMicromelo undata, common name the miniature melo, is an uncommon species of small sea snail or bubble snail, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aplustridae.- Distribution:...
Bruguière, 1792 (mollusc) - Partula otaheitanaPartula otaheitanaPartula otaheitana is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species is endemic too French Polynesia.-References:...
Bruguière, 1792 (mollusc) - Perrona nifat Bruguière, 1792 (mollusc)
- Placenta placuna Bruguière, 1792 (mollusc)
- Retusa truncatula Bruguière, 1792 (mollusc)
- Scapharca inaequivalvis Bruguière (mollusc)
- Serripes groenlandicusSerripes groenlandicusSerripes groenlandicus, or the Greenland cockle, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Greenland to Cape Cod, as well as along the Pacific coast, from Alaska to Washington....
Bruguière, 1789 (mollusc) - Solatopupa similis Bruguière, 1792 (mollusc)
- Sphyradium doliolumSphyradium doliolumSphyradium doliolum is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orculidae.- Distribution :...
Bruguière, 1792 (mollusc) - Subulina octonaSubulina octonaSubulina octona is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Subulinidae.- Distribution :The native distribution of this species includes:* Caribbean* Cuba...
Bruguière, 1792 (mollusc) - Terebralia sulcata Bruguière, 1792 (mollusc)
The genus Bruguiera
Bruguiera
Bruguiera is a plant genus in the family Rhizophoraceae. It is a small genus of six mangrove species of the Indian and west Pacific Ocean region, its range extending from East Africa and Madagascar through coastal India, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia to northern Australia, Melanesia and Polynesia...
(mangrove trees from the family Rhizophoraceae
Rhizophoraceae
Rhizophoraceae is a family constituted by tropical or subtropical flowering plants. Among the better known members are mangrove trees of the genus Rhizophora...
) was named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de la Marck , often known simply as Lamarck, was a French naturalist...
in his honor.