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Otto Franz von Möllendorff
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| Intro | German malacologist | ||
| A.K.A. | Otto Franz von Moellendorff, Möllendorff, Moellendorff | ||
| Was | Zoologist Malacologist Scientist | ||
| From | Germany | ||
| Field | Biology Science | ||
| Gender | male | ||
| Birth | 24 December 1848, Hoyerswerda, Germany | ||
| Death | 17 August 1903, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (aged 54 years) | ||
| Star sign | Capricorn | ||
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Biography
Otto Franz von Möllendorff (24 December 1848 – 17 August 1903) was a German scientist, a malacologist. In 1894, Jose Rizal sent (from Dapitan) to Möllendorff (who was in Manila at that time) specimens of large sea snails known as tun shells together with some specimens of a species of small freshwater snails stored in glass vials. The species of small snails was later named Oncomelania quadrasi by Möllendorff in 1895 in honour of Don José Florencio Quadras, a Spanish malacologist who was also based in Manila at that time.
A species of rat snake, Elaphe moellendorffi, is named in his honor.
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