Tommaso di Maria Allery Monterosato, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetTommaso di Maria Allery Monterosato
Italian zoologist
Date of Birth: 27-Jun-1841
Place of Birth: Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Date of Death: 01-Mar-1927
Profession: zoologist, malacologist
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Tommaso di Maria Allery Monterosato
- Tommaso di Maria Allery, marchese di Monterosato (Palermo, 27 June 1841 – Palermo, 1 March 1927) was an Italian malacologist.He was born in Palermo, Italy, in 1841 and died there in 1927.
- He became a distinguished scholar of the Mollusca in the Mediterranean, appreciated by students of malacology from around the world. Given his reluctance to field research, he collected a considerable amount of specimens to be studied in collaboration with other scholars.
- During his many travels in Italy and abroad, he kept many contacts with famous malacologists. His scientific production was of considerable importance.
- He described many new species, enumerated the Mediterranean shells and studied the fossil deposits of Mount Pellegrino.
- According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) he has named 345 marine species, many of which have become synonyms
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