Mattheus Marinus Schepman

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Mattheus Marinus Schepman
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Mattheus Marinus Schepman
Born(1847-08-17)August 17, 1847
Rhoon, Netherlands
DiedNovember 19, 1919(1919-11-19) (aged 72)[1]
Bosch en Duin, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Known forcollecting and taxonomy
Scientific career
FieldsMalacology

Mattheus Marinus Schepman (17 August 1847 – 19 November 1919)

malacologist.[3][4] He was one of the foremost collectors of mollusc shells in the Netherlands, and was also high on the overall list of European collectors.[5]

Dutch collectors developed an interest in

Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging (Netherlands Malacological Society) was founded. In commemoration of its 75th anniversary, a book honoring in detail the work of Mattheus Schepman was published.[5]

His research

Schepman was both a collector and a methodical scientist, which combination "made his collection of great value to the entire malacological community." He was given the opportunity to study a collection by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber, Director of the Zoölogisch Museum Amsterdam (ZMA). Many of the specimens he studied and collected were gathered by the Siboga Expedition. The expedition went to the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago and investigated 322 sites.[5]

Schepman's most significant work is reported in "The

Siboga Expedition". Published over five years and consisting of 494 pages, it covers 212 genera and 1,467 species.[6] Eduard von Martens was involved in mollusk identification from the first expedition, and he "probably recommended Schepman for the work on the second." In any event, Schepman published seven volumes which described 2,500 specimens, and 1,235 shelled mollusc species, "many new to science."[5]

An important aspect of his work was his scientific collection of

genera of shelled freshwater, marine, and land molluscs.[5]

Published works

Schepman wrote over 62 malacological works.[5] They include: (incomplete)

The Prosobranchia of the

Siboga Expedition

Taxa

Schepman described and named a large number of

WoRMS) listed 182 valid marine taxa (181 marine gastropods, 1 marine bivalve) that were described by Schepman.[7]

Schepman originally described about 450 taxa, including many turrids.[5] Examples of the numerous taxa he named and described are in the following list (synonyms are not included):

Families

Freshwater and marine cave snails:

Genera

Sea snails (sorted chronologically):

Species

Land snails:

Land slugs
:

Freshwater snails:

Freshwater bivalves:

Sea snails (sorted chronologically):

A shell of the deepwater slit snail Entemnotrochus rumphii, described and named by Schepman in 1879

1870s and 1890s

1903

1904

1907

1908

1909

In the center of this image is a well-camouflaged live individual of Primovula roseomaculata, described and named by Schepman in 1909. Head end towards the top of the image; the red mantle is covering the shell entirely.

1911

1913

1914

1922

  • Thaisella dubia
     (Schepman, 1922)

In honor

Taxa named in his honor include (sorted chronologically):

Marine snails:

Bivalves:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b death certificate
  2. ^ (in French) Dautzenberg P. (1920). "Nécrologie. M. M. Schepman". Journal de Conchyliologie 64(4): 345.
  3. ^ Coan, Eugene V.; Kabat, Alan R.; Petit, Richard E. (8 March 2012). "2,400 years of malacology" (9th ed.): 1024 pp. + 76 pp. (Annex of Collations). American Malacological Society. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved October 31, 2012. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ISBN 978-90-815230-11
    .
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Eichhorst, Tom (June 2011). "Book Review: "Mattheus Marinus Schepman (1847–1919) and His Contributions to Malacology"" (PDF). American Conchologist. 39 (2). Conchologists of America, Inc./Cardinal Printing: 37. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-03. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  6. ^ a b "Mattheus Marinus Schepman". Official website of the Schepman family. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  7. ^ WoRMS Taxon search Scientific name contains Schepman, Limit to accepted taxa, accessed 1 November 2012.
  8. ^ a b c Schepman M. M. (1886). "Mollusca". In: Veth P. (ed.) Midden-Sumatra. Reizen en onderzoekingen der Sumatra-expeditie, 4: 1-18, plates 1-3.
  9. ^
    Notes from the Leyden Museum 17: 145-162, plate 2
    -4.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Schepman M. M. (1918). "On a collection of Land-, Freshwater- and Marine Mollusca from Northern New Guinea". Zoologische Mededelingen 4: 1–21. PDF.
  11. ^
    Notes from the Leyden Museum 10: 245-252, plate 10
    .
  12. ^
    Notes from the Leyden Museum 18: 135-139, plate 2
    .
  13. ^ Köhler F. & Glaubrecht M. (2006). "A systematic revision of the Southeast Asian freshwater gastropod Brotia (Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae)". Malacologia 48: 159-251, page 230
  14. Notes from the Leyden Museum, VII: 49-50, plate 4
    , fig. 3.
  15. Notes from the Leyden Museum 18: 259
    -260.
  16. ^ a b Schepman M. M. (1904). "Descriptions of three new species of Oliva from the Siboga-expedition". Tijdschr. Ned. Dierk. Ver. 8: 67–69.

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