{{Short description|German malacologist}} '''Friedrich Held''' (21 July 1812 – 25 January 1872) was a German [[malacologist]]. His name is honoured by the research organization Friedrich Held Gesellschaft Verein zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Weichtierkunde e.V.<ref>{{cite web|title=FHG - Friedrich Held Gesellschaft|url=http://www.zsm.mwn.de/external/fhg/|website=www.zsm.mwn.de|accessdate=26 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140917181456/http://www.zsm.mwn.de/external/fhg/|archive-date=17 September 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Works== *Held F. 1836. Aufzählung der in Bayern lebenden Mollusken ''Isis'' 1836 (4): 271-282. Leipzig. *Held, F. 1837 Notizen über die Weichthiere Bayerns ''Isis'' 1837 (4): 303-309. Leipzig. *Held, F. 1838. Notizen über die Weichthiere Bayerns (Fortsetzung) ''Isis'' 1837 (12): 902-919. Leipzig. All digitised at [[AnimalBase]]
==References== {{reflist}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120717004659/http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/petymol.h.html ''Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names''] *Zilch, A.,1967 Geschichte der malakologischen Sektion. Aus der Geschichte des Senckenberg-Museums, Nr. 13. ''Archiv für Molluskenkunde'' 97: 7-43. Biography, handwriting.
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