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Charles des Moulins


Charles des Moulins, full name Charles Robert Alexandre des Moulins (13 March 1798 – 23 December 1875) was a French naturalist, a botanist and malacologist.

He was a member of several learned societies, including the Société linnéenne de Bordeaux, of which he served as its president in 1826.

Moulins named and described numerous species of snails, for example:

In turn, in recognition of his services to malacology, a number of species of mollusks were named after him. These latter species included both fossil and recent, both bivalves and gastropods and were mainly non-marine species, however, a few were marine species. Examples as follows:

Moulins also named various species of plants, including:

The botanical genus Moulinsia (family Sapindaceae) was named in his honor by Jacques Cambessèdes.



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