{{Infobox scientist |name = Albert Mousson |image = ETH-BIB-Mousson, Albert (1805-1890)-Portrait-Portr 12040.tif ALT (cropped).jpg |image_size = |alt = Albert Mousson |caption = Albert Mousson |birth_date = {{Birth date|1805|03|17}} |birth_place = Solothurn, Switzerland |death_date = {{Death date and age|1890|11|16|1805|03|17}} |death_place = |residence = |citizenship = |nationality = |ethnicity = |fields = physics, malacology |workplaces = |alma_mater = |doctoral_advisor = |academic_advisors = |doctoral_students = |notable_students = |known_for = |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |awards = |footnotes = }} '''Albert Mousson''', full name '''Johann Rudolf Albert Mousson''', (17 March 1805, Solothurn – 16 November 1890) was a physicist and a malacologist from Switzerland.<ref>{{in lang|de}} [http://www.library.ethz.ch/Ressourcen/Digitale-Kollektionen/Kurzportraets/Albert-Mousson-1805-1890 "Albert Mousson (1805–1890)"]. ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, accessed 31 January 2012.</ref><ref>Coan E. V., Kabat A. R. & Petit R. E. (8 March 2012). [http://www.malacological.org/publications/2400_malacology.php ''2,400 years of malacology, 8th ed.''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111161316/http://www.malacological.org/publications/2400_malacology.php |date=2012-11-11 }}, 1024 pp. + 76 pp. [Annex of Collations]. American Malacological Society</ref>
== Taxa described ==
===Gastropods=== Taxa described by Albert Mousson include (sorted chronologically):
1847 * ''Cochlostoma apricum'' (Mousson, 1847)<ref>Mousson A. (1847). "Bemerkungen ueber die natuerlichen Verhaeltnisse der Thermen von Aix in Savoien". ''Neue Denkschriften der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften - Nouveaux Mémoires de la Société Helvétique des Sciences Naturelles'' '''8'''(2): 1-48, Tab. I-III. Neuchatel. [https://archive.org/stream/neuedenkschrifte07allg#page/n382/mode/1up page 47].</ref>
1848 * ''Amphidromus palaceus'' (Mousson, 1848) * ''Amphidromus porcellanus'' (Mousson, 1848)
1849 * ''Asperitas rareguttata'' Mousson, 1849 * ''Melampus granifer'' (Mousson, 1849) * ''Sulcospira infracostata'' (Mousson, 1849) * ''Sulcospira sulcospira'' (Mousson, 1849) * ''Tylomelania perfecta'' (Mousson, 1849)<ref>{{in lang|de}} Mousson A. (1849). Die Land- und Süßwasser-Mollusken von Java. Zürich: Friedrich Schulthess, 126 pp + 12 tables. [https://archive.org/stream/dielandundsusswa00mous#page/116/mode/2up page 116], [https://archive.org/stream/dielandundsusswa00mous#page/n178/mode/1up table XII], figure 5.</ref>
1854 * ''Albinaria virgo'' (Mousson, 1854)<ref name="Mousson 1854">Mousson A. (1854). "Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles, recueillies par M. le Prof. Bellardi dans un voyage en Orient". ''Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich'' '''3'''(8): [https://archive.org/stream/mittheilungender03gese#page/362/mode/2up 362]-402.</ref> * ''Assyriella bellardii'' (Mousson, 1854)<ref name="Mousson 1854"/> * ''Caucasotachea nordmanni'' (Mousson, 1854)<ref name="Mousson 1854"/> * ''Chondrus limbodentatus'' var. ''abbreviatus'' Mousson, 1854<ref name="Mousson 1854"/> (no current allocation known) * ''Chondrus truquii'' Mousson, 1854<ref name="Mousson 1854"/> (no current allocation known) * ''Euchondrus limbodentatus'' (Mousson, 1854)<ref name="Mousson 1854"/> * ''Helix nucula'' Mousson, 1854<ref name="Mousson 1854"/> * ''Helix nicosiana'' var. ''pallida'' Mousson, 1854<ref name="Mousson 1854"/> (no current allocation known) * ''Helix pomacella'' Mousson, 1854<ref name="Mousson 1854"/> * ''Levantina caesareana'' (Mousson, 1854)<ref name="Mousson 1854"/> * ''Melanopsis brevis'' Mousson, 1854<ref name="Mousson 1854"/> (no current allocation known) * ''Metafruticicola nicosiana'' (Mousson, 1854)<ref name="Mousson 1854"/> * ''Neritina bellardii'' Mousson, 1854<ref name="Mousson 1854"/> (no current allocation known) * ''Orculella sirianocoriensis'' (Mousson, 1854)<ref name="Mousson 1854"/> * ''Paludina badiella'' Mousson, 1854<ref name="Mousson 1854"/> (no current allocation known) * ''Pupa lindermeyeri'' Mousson, 1854<ref name="Mousson 1854"/> (no current allocation known) * ''Truncatella hammerschmidtiana'' Mousson, 1854<ref name="Mousson 1854"/> (no current allocation known) * ''Helicigona hymetti'' (Mousson, 1854)<ref name="Mousson 1854 Zurcher">Mousson A. (1854). "Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles recueillies par M. le Prof. Bellardi dans un voyage en Orient". pp. 1-59, Plate 1. Zürich, Zurcher & Furrer.</ref> * ''Helix olivieri'' var. ''dilucida'' Mousson, 1854<ref name="Mousson 1854 Zurcher"/> (no current allocation known) * ''Helix meridionalis'' Mousson, 1854<ref name="Mousson 1854 Zurcher"/> (no current allocation known) * ''Asperitas sparsa'' Mousson, 1854 * ''Cernuella jonica'' (Mousson, 1854)
1856 * ''Clausilia firmata'' Mousson, 1856<ref name="Mousson 1856">{{in lang|de}} Mousson A. (1856). "Verzeichniss der von Herrn Dr. Schläfli eingekommenen zweiten malacologischen Sendung". ''Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich'' [https://archive.org/details/vierteljahrsschr1218561857natu '''1''']: [https://archive.org/stream/vierteljahrsschr1218561857natu#page/n411/mode/2up 395]-399.</ref> (no current allocation known) * ''Clausilia multilamellata'' Mousson, 1856<ref name="Mousson 1856"/> (no current allocation known) * ''Clausilia unilamellata'' Mousson, 1856<ref name="Mousson 1856"/> (no current allocation known) * ''Helix squamulosa'' Mousson, 1856<ref name="Mousson 1856"/> (no current allocation known) * ''Pilorcula trifilaris'' (Mousson, 1856)<ref name="Mousson 1856"/> * ''Pontophaedusa funiculum'' (Mousson, 1856)<ref name="Mousson 1856"/> * ''Pupa schlaeflii'' Mousson, 1856<ref name="Mousson 1856"/> (no current allocation known)
1857 * ''Asperitas sparsa baliensis'' Mousson, 1857 * ''Asperitas waandersiana'' (Mousson, 1857) / ''Asperitas trochus waandersiana'' Mousson, 1857 * ''Dyakia clypeus'' (Mousson, 1857) * ''Theba clausoinflata'' (Mousson, 1857) * ''Theba geminata'' (Mousson, 1857) * ''Theba impugnata'' (Mousson, 1857)
1858 * ''Balea nitida'' Mousson, 1858
1859 * ''Allaegopis transiens'' (Mousson, 1859)<ref name="Mousson 1859">Mousson A. (1859). "Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles, recueillies dans l'Orient par M. le Dr. Alex. Schläfli". ''Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich'' '''4''': [https://archive.org/stream/vierteljahrsschr3418581859natu#page/12/mode/2up 12]-36, [https://archive.org/stream/vierteljahrsschr3418581859natu#page/252/mode/2up 253]-297.</ref> * ''Bulimus subtilis'' var. ''corcyrensis'' Mousson, 1859<ref name="Mousson 1859"/> (no current allocation known) * ''Bulimus tumidus'' Mousson, 1859<ref name="Mousson 1859"/> * ''Clausilia auriformis'' Mousson, 1859<ref name="Mousson 1859"/> * ''Helicigona subzonata'' (Mousson, 1859)<ref name="Mousson 1859"/> * ''Helix ambigua'' Mousson, 1859<ref name="Mousson 1859"/> (no current allocation known) * ''Helix ambigua'' var. ''borealis'' Mousson, 1859<ref name="Mousson 1859"/> (no current allocation known) * ''Helix corcyrensis'' var. ''cefalonica'' Mousson, 1859<ref name="Mousson 1859"/> (no current allocation known) * ''Helix sericea'' var. ''epirotica'' Mousson, 1859<ref name="Mousson 1859"/> (no current allocation known) * ''Helix corcyrensis'' var. ''octogyrata'' Mousson, 1859<ref name="Mousson 1859"/> (no current allocation known) * ''Helix schlaeflii'' Mousson, 1859<ref name="Mousson 1859"/> (no current allocation known)<!-- Helix Schläflii--> * ''Mastus grandis'' (Mousson, 1859)<ref name="Mousson 1859"/> * ''Monacha frequens'' (Mousson, 1859)<ref name="Mousson 1859"/> * ''Montenegrina janinensis'' Mousson, 1859<ref name="Mousson 1859"/> * ''Montenegrina rugilabris'' (Mousson, 1859)<ref name="Mousson 1859"/> * ''Napaeopsis cefalonica'' (Mousson, 1859)<ref name="Mousson 1859"/> * ''Isabellaria vallata'' (Mousson, 1859)<ref name="Mousson 1859"/> * ''Planorbis janinensis'' Mousson, 1859<ref name="Mousson 1859"/> (no current allocation known) * ''Poiretia compressa'' (Mousson, 1859)<ref name="Mousson 1859"/> * ''Pupa philippii'' var. ''exigua'' Mousson, 1859<ref name="Mousson 1859"/> (no current allocation known) * ''Pupa minutissima'' var. ''obscura'' Mousson, 1859<ref name="Mousson 1859"/> (no current allocation known) * ''Viviparus janinensis'' (Mousson, 1859)<ref name="Mousson 1859"/> * ''Xeromunda vulgarissima'' (Mousson, 1859)<ref name="Mousson 1859"/>
1861 * ''Euchondrus albulus'' (Mousson, 1861) * ''Euchondrus chondriformis'' (Mousson, 1861) * ''Helix texta'' Mousson, 1861 * ''Sphincterochila zonata filia'' (Mousson, 1861)
1863 * ''Monacha solidior'' (Mousson, 1863) * ''Pseudamnicola sphaerion'' (Mousson, 1863)
1865 * ''Diastole schmeltziana'' (Mousson, 1865) * ''Diastole schmeltziana usurpata'' (Mousson, 1869) * ''Truncatella rustica'' Mousson, 1865
1869 * ''Melampus semisulcatus'' Mousson, 1869 * ''Pedinogyra minor'' (Mousson, 1869) * ''Pythia savaiensis'' (Mousson, 1869) * genus ''Trochonanina'' Mousson, 1869
1870 * ''Omphalotropis costulata'' (Mousson, 1870)<ref name="Mousson 1870">{{in lang|fr}} Mousson A. (1870) "Faune malacologique terrestre et fluviatile des iles Viti, d'après les envois de M. le Dr. Édouard Graeffe". ''Journal de conchyliologie'' '''18'''(1870):[https://archive.org/stream/journaldeconchyl181870pari#page/108/mode/2up 109]-135, part 2: [https://archive.org/stream/journaldeconchyl181870pari#page/178/mode/2up 179]-232, [https://archive.org/stream/journaldeconchyl181870pari#page/n496/mode/1up Plate VII], figure 10.</ref>
1872 * ''Acanthinula spinifera'' Mousson, 1872 * ''Hemicycla inutilis'' Mousson, 1872 * subgenus ''Nautilinus'' Mousson, 1872<ref>Mousson A. (1873) [September 1872] ''N. Denkschr. schweiz. Ges.'' '''25''': 15.</ref> * ''Theba grasseti'' (Mousson, 1872) * ''Xerotricha adoptata'' (Mousson, 1872) * ''Xerotricha nodosostriata'' (Mousson, 1872)
1873 * ''Omphalotropis albocarinata'' Mousson, 1873 * ''Plekocheilus ampullaroides'' (Mousson, 1873) * ''Plekocheilus subglandiformis'' (Mousson, 1873) * ''Rhodea gigantea'' Mousson, 1873 * genus ''Serrulina'' Mousson, 1873<ref>Mousson A. (1873). "Coquilles recueillies par M. le Dr Sievers dans la Russie méridionale et asiatique". ''Journal de Conchyliologie'' '''21''': [https://archive.org/stream/journaldeconchyl211873pari#page/192/mode/2up 193]-230.</ref>
1874 * ''Bithynia ejecta'' Mousson, 1874 * ''Euchondrus borealis'' (Mousson, 1874) * ''Gyraulus euphraticus'' (Mousson, 1874) * ''Monacha merssinae'' (Mousson, 1874) * ''Neritina euphratica'' Mousson, 1874 * ''Neritina schlaeflii'' Mousson, 1874 * ''Orculella mesopotamica'' (Mousson, 1874) * ''Planorbis intermixtus'' Mousson, 1874 * ''Pseudochondrula arctespira'' (Mousson, 1874) * ''Radix hordeum'' (Mousson, 1874) * ''Xeropicta mesopotamica'' (Mousson, 1874)
1876 * ''Ljudmilena tricollis'' (Mousson, 1876)
1887 * ''Pila occidentalis'' (Mousson, 1887)
year ? * ''Pupilla signata'' (Mousson)
===Bivalves===
1854 * ''Cyrena crassula'' Mousson, 1854<ref name="Mousson 1854"/> (no current allocation known)
1874 * ''Cyrena tigridis'' Mousson, 1874<ref name="Mousson 1874"/> * ''Anodonta mesopotamica'' Mousson, 1874<ref name="Mousson 1874">Mousson A. (1874). "Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles recueillies par M. le Dr Alex. Schlæfli en Orient". ''Journal de Conchyliologie'' (5th series)'''22''': [https://archive.org/stream/journaldeconchyl221874pari#page/n7/mode/2up 1]-60. Paris.</ref> * ''Anodonta schlaeflii'' Mousson, 1874<ref name="Mousson 1874"/>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category}} * [http://www.zm.uzh.ch/static/iframe_geschichte/mousson.html portrait] * {{in lang|fr}} Crosse H. & Fischer P. (1891). "Nécrologie". ''Journal de Conchyliologie'' '''39'''(1): [https://archive.org/stream/journaldeconchyl391891pari#page/66/mode/2up 66-67]. * Dodge H. (1946). "A letter concerning the cones of Hwass and other collections in Switzerland". ''The Nautilus'' '''59'''(3): [https://archive.org/stream/nautilus59amer#page/96/mode/2up 97]-101. * Meier T. (1994). "Albert Mousson (1805-1890) und seine Sammlung in Zürich. ''Mitteilungen der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft'' '''54''': 9-10. * {{in lang|de}} Schneider G. (1891). "Albert Mousson". ''Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft'' '''23'''(1-2): [https://archive.org/stream/nachrichtsblattd2024188892deut#page/n647/mode/2up 1]-3.
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