Koen Fraussen

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Koen Fraussen
Born1965
Scientific career
FieldsMalacology
InstitutionsMuséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
Author abbrev. (zoology) Fraussen

Koen Fraussen (born 1965) [1] is a Belgian amateur malacologist, shell collector, and expert in the Buccinoidea.

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Biography

Fraussen was born in Brussels. His interest in the ocean started during family holidays on the Adriatic Sea. [2] He began collecting shells at the age of 2. [3]

Fraussen is a part-time bus driver who also studies whelk shells for the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. In exchange for his curatorial work, Fraussen is given a paratype of each specimen he identifies. [3] Philippe Bouchet considers Fraussen "the world expert" on the Buccinidae. [4]

In 2010, Fraussen and biologist Stefaan Wera released the book Schelpen aan de Belgische kust. [5] With the Muséum National, Fraussen published 20 new species of the Photinae (subfamily of the Nassariidae) as of 2017. [6]

Legacy

Fraussen is honored by several eponyms, including Buccinum frausseni , Conus frausseni , Eccliseogyra frausseni , Engina frausseni , Fusinus frausseni , Inquisitor frausseni , Metaal frausseni , Pristiterebra frausseni , and Tomlinia frausseni . [7]

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References

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  5. Houart, Roland (20 October 2010). "Schelpen aan de Belgische kust" (PDF). Novopex. Belgian Malacological Society. 11 (1): 93–94. ISSN   1375-7474 . Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  6. "Mêler biologie moléculaire et morphologie pour en découdre avec la systématique des Photinae…". Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (in French). 26 August 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
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