Léopold de Folin
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Léopold de Folin was an author, oceanographer, malacologist and early founder (1871) of the collections which were to become the Musée de la mer (sea museum) in Biarritz, France
De Folin wrote on Caecidae
for the reports published following the Challenger expedition
of 1872-1876.
With Henri Milne-Edwards's son Alphonse
, de Folin carried out a survey of the Gulf of Gascony. He worked on board the Travailleur (a paddle-wheel aviso
) in 1880, and on board the Talisman in 1883, for trips to the Canary Islands
, the Cape Verde Islands and the Azores
.
De Folin also described the genus Oceanida
of sea snails in the family Eulimidae.
, through his marriage with Morelet's sister Noémie.
An exposition room dedicated to oceanography in the Musée de la mer in Biarritz, France, bears his name.
De Folin wrote on Caecidae
Caecidae
Caecidae is a taxonomic family of very small and minute sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Littorinimorpha.- Habitat :...
for the reports published following the Challenger expedition
Challenger expedition
The Challenger expedition of 1872–76 was a scientific exercise that made many discoveries to lay the foundation of oceanography. The expedition was named after the mother vessel, HMS Challenger....
of 1872-1876.
With Henri Milne-Edwards's son Alphonse
Alphonse Milne-Edwards
Alphonse Milne-Edwards was a French mammalologist, ornithologist and carcinologist. He was English in origin, the son of Henri Milne-Edwards and grandson of Bryan Edwards, a Jamaican planter who settled at Bruges .Milne-Edwards obtained a medical degree in 1859 and became assistant to his father...
, de Folin carried out a survey of the Gulf of Gascony. He worked on board the Travailleur (a paddle-wheel aviso
Aviso
An aviso , a kind of dispatch boat or advice boat, survives particularly in the French navy, they are considered equivalent to the modern sloop....
) in 1880, and on board the Talisman in 1883, for trips to the Canary Islands
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...
, the Cape Verde Islands and the Azores
Azores
The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the...
.
De Folin also described the genus Oceanida
Oceanida
Oceanida is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae.This genus was described by Léopold de Folin in 1870. These are subtidal snails that are parasitic on echinoderms...
of sea snails in the family Eulimidae.
Relatives
Léopold de Folin was the brother-in-law of the French naturalist Pierre Marie Arthur MoreletPierre Marie Arthur Morelet
Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet was a French naturalist, born in Lays, Doubs. He was a member of the Commission to Algeria, primarily as a natural artist, drawing any natural findings....
, through his marriage with Morelet's sister Noémie.
Books
- Les Batysiphons (premières pages d'une monographie du genre) in Actes de la société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. Deloynes - J. Perez - Paul Brunaud - Abbé Letu - E. Simon - P. Fischer - P. De Loynes - Marquis DE FOLIN - Fernand Lataste - Louis Petit - E. Benoist - J. T. Billiot - P. Fischer - E. Duregne, 1886.
- Les Fonds de la Mer, études internationale sur les particularités nouvelles des régions sous-marines. De Folin, L. & Périer, L., 1867-1887.
- Sous les mers. Campagne d'explorations du "travailleur" et du "talisman". Avec 45 figures intercalées dans le texte. Paris, Librairie J.B. Baillière et fils, 1887 .
- Pêches et chasses zoologiques. Avec 117 figures dessinées par l'auteur et intercalées dans le texte. Paris, Baillière, 1893
- Other books on Amazon.com
Tributes
The sea snail genus Folinella was named after de Folin.An exposition room dedicated to oceanography in the Musée de la mer in Biarritz, France, bears his name.