Stefan Clessin [SEP] place of death
Stefan Clessin
Stefan Clessin (13 November 1833, Würzburg – 21 December 1911, Regensburg) was a German malacologist.
He served as a military officer, and from 1862 worked for the Bavarian railways. He was an editor of the "Malakozoologische Blätter" and made major contributions to Martini and Chemitz' "Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet". He conducted research of fossil mollusks as well as living species.
Bibliography.
- "Die mollusken-fauna der umgegend von Augsburg" (1871); Bericht des Naturhistorischen
Malakozoologische Blätter
Malakozoologische Blätter was a German-language journal for malacology. It was published from 1854 to 1891 as a continuation of "Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie" (which was published 1844–1853). Karl Theodor Menke and Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer were joint co-editors-in-chief, until Menke's death in 1861 after which Pfeiffer became sole editor-in-chief. Upon Pfeiffers's death in 1877, Stefan Clessin became sole editor-in-chief and continued in that capacity until cessation of publication with the last