Otto Franz von Möllendorff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Otto Franz von Möllendorff

German malacologist

Date of Birth: 24-Dec-1848

Place of Birth: Hoyerswerda, Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 17-Aug-1903

Profession: scientist, malacologist

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

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.