Joachim Johann Nepomuk Spalowsky

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Joachim Johann Nepomuk Anton Spalowsky (1752, Reichenberg – 1797) was an Austrian naturalist and polymath.

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Spalowsky's 1795 treatise on conchology, Prodromus in Systema Historicum Testaceorum,^[2] published by the widow of Ignaz Alberti, includes original descriptions of several new species. He also wrote works on birds, plants, and mammals, including Beytrag zur Naturgeschichte der Vögel (1790–95).

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References

↑ Spalowsky, Joachim Johann Nepomuk Anton. "Introduction to a Systematic History of Shelled Animals". World Digital Library (in Latin and German). Retrieved 2014-03-01.
↑ "Introduction to a Systematic History of Shelled Animals". wdl.org.

Alan R Kabat, 1996. J.J.N.A. Spalowsky (1752–97) and the Prodromus in Systema Historicum Testaceorum (1795). Archives of Natural History (1996) 23 (2): 245–54

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[wdl-1] Spalowsky, Joachim Johann Nepomuk Anton. "Introduction to a Systematic History of Shelled Animals". World Digital Library (in Latin and German). Retrieved 2014-03-01.

[2] "Introduction to a Systematic History of Shelled Animals". wdl.org.