Wilhelm Kobelt (20 February 1840 – 26 March 1916) was a German zoologist born in Alsfeld, Grand Duchy of Hesse. He specialized in the field of malacology.
Wilhelm Kobelt | |
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.jpg) Wilhelm Kobelt (ca. 1912) | |
| Born | 20 February 1840 |
| Died | 26 March 1916 (aged 76) |
| Nationality | German |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | malacology |
| Institutions | Senckenberg Museum |
Kobelt was born in Alsfeld to parish priest Wilhelm (1809–74) and Auguste (1815–97) nee Kessler. He studied medicine at Gießen and received a doctorate in 1862. He practices as a physician in Biedenkopf where he began a natural history society, and in 1869 he went to Schwanheim near Frankfurt am Main. He became interested in molluscs and interacted with Emil Adolf Rossmäßler in Leipzig. He became a corresponding member of the Senckenberg nature research society and later became head of the mollusc section. He later worked as a curator of the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt am Main. He founded a journal for malacology.[1]
Several species of mollusk contain his name, including Fusinus kobelti (Kobelt's spindle), Cymatium kobelti and Hyalinia kobelti. Kobeltia, a subgenus of Arion slugs, is named in honor of him.
Selected publications
edit- Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 1868 - Archive of malacology.
- Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 1874 - Yearbook of the German Malaco-zoology Society.
- Illustrirtes conchylienbuch, 1876 - Illustrated book of conchology.
- Reiseerinnerungen aus Algerien und Tunis, 1885 - Travel memoirs of Algeria and Tunis.
- Prodromus faunae molluscorum testaceorum maria europaea inhabitantium, 1886.
- Studien zur Zoogeographie, 1897 - Zoogeographical studies.
- Cyclophoridae, 1902 - Cyclophoridae.
- Die Verbreitung der Tierwelt : gemässigte Zone, 1902 - Distribution of wildlife; temperate zone.[2]
- (in German) Kobelt W. (1909). "Die Gattung Paludina Lam. (Vivipara Montfort) (Neue Folge). In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen". Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, Nürnberg, 1(21a): pp. 97-430, plates 15-77.
References
edit- ^ Boettger, Caesar R. (1980). "Kobelt, Wilhelm". Neue Deutsche Biographie 12. pp. 243–244.
- ^ OCLC Classify (publications)
External links
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- Senckenberg Museum Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft (DMG)
- Works by or about Wilhelm Kobelt at Internet Archive
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