Albert Mousson, full name Johann Rudolf Albert Mousson, (17 March 1805, Solothurn – 16 November 1890) was a physicist and a malacologist from Switzerland. "Albert Mousson (1805–1890)". ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, accessed 31 January 2012.Coan E. V., Kabat A. R. & Petit R. E. (8 March 2012). 2,400 years of malacology, 8th ed. , 1024 pp. + 76 pp. [Annex of Collations]. American Malacological Society

Taxa described

Gastropods Taxa described by Albert Mousson include (sorted chronologically):

1847 Cochlostoma apricum (Mousson, 1847)Mousson A. (1847). "Bemerkungen ueber die natuerlichen Verhaeltnisse der Thermen von Aix in Savoien". Neue Denkschriften der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften - Nouveaux Mémoires de la Société Helvétique des Sciences Naturelles 8(2): 1-48, Tab. I-III. Neuchatel. page 47.

1848 Amphidromus palaceus (Mousson, 1848) Amphidromus porcellanus (Mousson, 1848)

1849 Asperitas rareguttata Mousson, 1849 Melampus granifer (Mousson, 1849) Sulcospira infracostata (Mousson, 1849) Sulcospira sulcospira (Mousson, 1849) Tylomelania perfecta (Mousson, 1849) Mousson A. (1849). Die Land- und Süßwasser-Mollusken von Java. Zürich: Friedrich Schulthess, 126 pp + 12 tables. page 116, table XII, figure 5.

1854 Albinaria virgo (Mousson, 1854)Mousson A. (1854). "Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles, recueillies par M. le Prof. Bellardi dans un voyage en Orient". Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich 3(8): 362-402. Assyriella bellardii (Mousson, 1854) Caucasotachea nordmanni (Mousson, 1854) Chondrus limbodentatus var. abbreviatus Mousson, 1854 (no current allocation known) Chondrus truquii Mousson, 1854 (no current allocation known) Euchondrus limbodentatus (Mousson, 1854) Helix nucula Mousson, 1854 Helix nicosiana var. pallida Mousson, 1854 (no current allocation known) Helix pomacella Mousson, 1854 Levantina caesareana (Mousson, 1854) Melanopsis brevis Mousson, 1854 (no current allocation known) Metafruticicola nicosiana (Mousson, 1854) Neritina bellardii Mousson, 1854 (no current allocation known) Orculella sirianocoriensis (Mousson, 1854) Paludina badiella Mousson, 1854 (no current allocation known) Pupa lindermeyeri Mousson, 1854 (no current allocation known) Truncatella hammerschmidtiana Mousson, 1854 (no current allocation known) Helicigona hymetti (Mousson, 1854)Mousson A. (1854). "Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles recueillies par M. le Prof. Bellardi dans un voyage en Orient". pp. 1-59, Plate 1. Zürich, Zurcher & Furrer. Helix olivieri var. dilucida Mousson, 1854 (no current allocation known) Helix meridionalis Mousson, 1854 (no current allocation known) Asperitas sparsa Mousson, 1854 Cernuella jonica (Mousson, 1854)

1856 Clausilia firmata Mousson, 1856 Mousson A. (1856). "Verzeichniss der von Herrn Dr. Schläfli eingekommenen zweiten malacologischen Sendung". Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich 1: 395-399. (no current allocation known) Clausilia multilamellata Mousson, 1856 (no current allocation known) Clausilia unilamellata Mousson, 1856 (no current allocation known) Helix squamulosa Mousson, 1856 (no current allocation known) Pilorcula trifilaris (Mousson, 1856) Pontophaedusa funiculum (Mousson, 1856) Pupa schlaeflii Mousson, 1856 (no current allocation known)

1857 Asperitas sparsa baliensis Mousson, 1857 Asperitas waandersiana (Mousson, 1857) / Asperitas trochus waandersiana Mousson, 1857 Dyakia clypeus (Mousson, 1857) Theba clausoinflata (Mousson, 1857) Theba geminata (Mousson, 1857) Theba impugnata (Mousson, 1857)

1858 Balea nitida Mousson, 1858

1859 Allaegopis transiens (Mousson, 1859)Mousson A. (1859). "Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles, recueillies dans l'Orient par M. le Dr. Alex. Schläfli". Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich 4: 12-36, 253-297. Bulimus subtilis var. corcyrensis Mousson, 1859 (no current allocation known) Bulimus tumidus Mousson, 1859 Clausilia auriformis Mousson, 1859 Helicigona subzonata (Mousson, 1859) Helix ambigua Mousson, 1859 (no current allocation known) Helix ambigua var. borealis Mousson, 1859 (no current allocation known) Helix corcyrensis var. cefalonica Mousson, 1859 (no current allocation known) Helix sericea var. epirotica Mousson, 1859 (no current allocation known) Helix corcyrensis var. octogyrata Mousson, 1859 (no current allocation known) Helix schlaeflii Mousson, 1859 (no current allocation known) Mastus grandis (Mousson, 1859) Monacha frequens (Mousson, 1859) Montenegrina janinensis Mousson, 1859 Montenegrina rugilabris (Mousson, 1859) Napaeopsis cefalonica (Mousson, 1859) Isabellaria vallata (Mousson, 1859) Planorbis janinensis Mousson, 1859 (no current allocation known) Poiretia compressa (Mousson, 1859) Pupa philippii var. exigua Mousson, 1859 (no current allocation known) Pupa minutissima var. obscura Mousson, 1859 (no current allocation known) Viviparus janinensis (Mousson, 1859) Xeromunda vulgarissima (Mousson, 1859)

1861 Euchondrus albulus (Mousson, 1861) Euchondrus chondriformis (Mousson, 1861) Helix texta Mousson, 1861 Sphincterochila zonata filia (Mousson, 1861)

1863 Monacha solidior (Mousson, 1863) Pseudamnicola sphaerion (Mousson, 1863)

1865 Diastole schmeltziana (Mousson, 1865) Diastole schmeltziana usurpata (Mousson, 1869) Truncatella rustica Mousson, 1865

1869 Melampus semisulcatus Mousson, 1869 Pedinogyra minor (Mousson, 1869) Pythia savaiensis (Mousson, 1869) genus Trochonanina Mousson, 1869

1870 Omphalotropis costulata (Mousson, 1870) Mousson A. (1870) "Faune malacologique terrestre et fluviatile des iles Viti, d'après les envois de M. le Dr. Édouard Graeffe". Journal de conchyliologie 18(1870):109-135, part 2: 179-232, Plate VII, figure 10.

1872 Acanthinula spinifera Mousson, 1872 Hemicycla inutilis Mousson, 1872 subgenus Nautilinus Mousson, 1872Mousson A. (1873) [September 1872] N. Denkschr. schweiz. Ges. 25: 15. Theba grasseti (Mousson, 1872) Xerotricha adoptata (Mousson, 1872) Xerotricha nodosostriata (Mousson, 1872)

1873 Omphalotropis albocarinata Mousson, 1873 Plekocheilus ampullaroides (Mousson, 1873) Plekocheilus subglandiformis (Mousson, 1873) Rhodea gigantea Mousson, 1873 genus Serrulina Mousson, 1873Mousson A. (1873). "Coquilles recueillies par M. le Dr Sievers dans la Russie méridionale et asiatique". Journal de Conchyliologie 21: 193-230.

1874 Bithynia ejecta Mousson, 1874 Euchondrus borealis (Mousson, 1874) Gyraulus euphraticus (Mousson, 1874) Monacha merssinae (Mousson, 1874) Neritina euphratica Mousson, 1874 Neritina schlaeflii Mousson, 1874 Orculella mesopotamica (Mousson, 1874) Planorbis intermixtus Mousson, 1874 Pseudochondrula arctespira (Mousson, 1874) Radix hordeum (Mousson, 1874) Xeropicta mesopotamica (Mousson, 1874)

1876 Ljudmilena tricollis (Mousson, 1876)

1887 Pila occidentalis (Mousson, 1887)

year ? Pupilla signata (Mousson)

Bivalves

1854 Cyrena crassula Mousson, 1854 (no current allocation known)

1874 Cyrena tigridis Mousson, 1874 Anodonta mesopotamica Mousson, 1874Mousson A. (1874). "Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles recueillies par M. le Dr Alex. Schlæfli en Orient". Journal de Conchyliologie (5th series)22: 1-60. Paris. Anodonta schlaeflii Mousson, 1874

References

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