Sauveur Abel Aubert Petit de la Saussaye explained

Sauveur Abel Aubert Petit de la Saussaye (1792 - 1870)^[1] was a malacologist from France. His surname is: Petit de la Saussaye.

From 1850 to 1853 he was editor of the Journal de Conchyliologie.^[2] He was the author of the following:

• Notice à l'usage des personnes qui s'occupent de la recherche des coquilles, 1838 – Instructions of usage for persons involved in the search for shells. ^[3]
• Catalogue des mollusques testacés des mers d'Europe, 1869 – Catalog of shelled mollusks found in the seas of Europe.^[4]

Species described

Species and genera described by Sauveur Abel Aubert Petit de la Saussaye include (in chronology order):

• Rimellopsis powisii (Petit de la Saussaye, 1840)
• Seychellaxis souleyetianus (Petit de la Saussaye, 1841)
• Thais capensis Petit de la Saussaye, 1852
• Triton loroisii Petit de la Saussaye, 1852 is a synonym for Turritriton labiosus (Wood, 1828)
• Recluzia Petit de la Saussaye, 1853
• Zophos baudoni (Petit de la Saussaye, 1853)
• Fusinus couei (Petit de la Saussaye, 1853)
• Xenophora caribaea Petit de la Saussaye, 1857
• Acteon senegalensis (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)

Notes and References

1. Coan E. V. & Kabat A. R. (2017). 2,400 years of malacology, 14th ed., 1,443 pp. + 110 pp. [Annex 1 – Book Collations] + 65 pp. [Annex 2 – Küster Collation], 51 pp. [Annex 3 – Journal Collations].. American Malacological Society: http://www.malacological.org/2004_malacology.html
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/14924#/summary Biodiversity Heritage Library
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=-5tAAAAAcAAJ&dq=Notice+%C3%A0+l%27usage+des+personnes+qui+s%27occupent+de+la+recherche+des+coquilles&pg=PA160 Google Books
4. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10359#/summary Biodiversity Heritage Library