Marianna Paulucci

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Marianna Paulucci
Born3 February 1835 Edit this on Wikidata
Florence
Died7 December 1919 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 84)
Florence Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationMalacologist

Marquise Marianna Panciatichi Ximenes d’Aragona Paulucci (February 3, 1835 – December 7, 1919) was an Italian malacologist who also made contributions to botany and ornithology.[1][2] A specialist in non-marine molluscs,[3] she published 32 malacological works, describing two genera and 159 species,[4] and is commemorated in around 40 scientific names of organisms: primarily molluscs, as well as the fossil shark Scyllium pauluccii and the bird subspecies Sylvia atricapilla pauluccii.[5]

She was born in Florence into a noble family: the daughter of  [it] and Giulia De Saint Seigne. In 1853 she married Marquis Alessandro Anafesto Paulucci, a botanist and son of Filippo Paulucci.[1][6]

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie; Joy Dorothy Harvey (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. Taylor & Francis. p. 991. ISBN 978-0-415-92040-7.
  2. ^ Mary R. S. Creese; Thomas M. Creese (2004). Ladies in the Laboratory 2. Scarecrow Press. pp. 189–192. ISBN 978-0-8108-4979-2.
  3. ^ Manganelli, Giuseppe; Cianfanelli, Simone; Talenti, Enrico (2002). "Il contributo de Marianna Paulucci alla conoscenza della malacofauna italiana" [The contribution of Marianna Paulucci to the knowledge on Italian malacofauna]. Lavori della Societa Italiana di Malacologia (in Italian). 25: 13–30.
  4. ^ "Marianna Paulucci". Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Università di Firenze. 2015. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  5. ^ Manganelli, G; Lori, E.; Cianfanelli, S. (2009). "Eponyms honouring Marianna Paulucci (1835–1919)". Archives of Natural History. 36 (1): 48–52. doi:10.3366/E0260954108000612.
  6. ^ Arrigoni degli Oddi, E. (1921). "Della vita e delle opere della marchesa M. Paulucci, malacologa italiana" [On the life and works of the Marquise M. Paolucci, Italian malacologist]. Atti del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti (in Italian). 80: 59–70.

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