Heinrich Simroth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German malacologist
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Place of Birth: Riestedt, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
About Heinrich Simroth
- Heinrich Rudolf Simroth (10 May 1851 Riestedt (now a part of Sangerhausen) – 31 August 1917 Gautzsch near Leipzig), was a German zoologist and malacologist.
- He was a professor of zoology in Leipzig. Academic career: 1888–1917 University of Leipzig.He was a specialist for slugs.
- He discovered and described various new species of slugs. Species of animals named in honor of him include: Bulimulus simrothi (Reibisch, 1892) – snail Pseudaneitea simrothi (Suter, 1896) – slug Arion simrothi - slug Tapinoma simrothi Krausse, 1911 - ant Bipalium simrothi - planarianIt was thought that there is no collection by Simroth.
- His collection of type specimen of 43 slugs has been found Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin in 2010.
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