Marianna Paulucci

Marianna Panciatichi Ximenes d’Aragona Paulucci
Born3 February 1835
Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Died7 December 1919
Florence, Italy
NationalityItalian
Occupation(s)Malacologist and ornithologist

Marquise Marianna Panciatichi Ximenes d’Aragona Paulucci (3 February 1835 – 7 December 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]

  1. ^ 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.