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Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch

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Otto Lowson


Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch (his last name also spelled Mørch) (17 May 1828 – 25 January 1878) was a biologist, specifically a malacologist. He lived in Sweden, in Denmark, and in France.

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Taxa described

Bibliography and taxa described by Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch include:

1863

(French) Mörch O. A. L. (1863). "Revision des especes du genre Oxynoe Rafinesque, et Lobiger Krohn". Journal de Conchyliologie 11: 43-48.

  • Oxynoe antillarum Mörch, 1863 - on page 46.

    • 1864

    (Danish) Mörch O. A. L. (1864). "Fortegnelse over de i Danmark forekommende land- og ferskvandsblöddyr". Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn (2)1863(17-22): 265-367.

  • Valvata macrostoma Mörch, 1864
  • Zonitidae Mörch, 1864, also known as the "true glass snails".

    • Taxa named after Mörch

  • Glossodoris moerchi (Bergh, 1879)
  • Turbonilla mörchi Dall & Bartsch, 1907

    • References

    Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch Wikipedia
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