Alice Pruvot-Fol

Alice Pruvot-Fol (1873-1972) was a French opisthobranch malacologist.

She was the author of many new species, mostly described on the basis of preserved animals.

She even described a new species (Nembrotha rutilans, Pruvot-Fol, 1931) on the basis of an painted illustration in a book by William Saville-Kent, (1893) entitled "The Great Barrier Reef of Australia". A taxonomist could never get away with such a description today !

She continued working and naming new species till late in her life. Even in 1962, when she was 89 years old, she named Phyllidia pulitzeri !

Some of the species described by her :

  • Aldisa banyulensis Pruvot-Fol, 1951
  • Aplysiopsis formosa Pruvot-Fol
  • Atagema gibba Pruvot-Fol
  • Atagema rugosa Pruvot-Fol, 1951
  • Chelidonura africana Pruvot-Fol
  • Chromodoris kuniei Pruvot-Fol, 1930
  • Cumanotus cuenoti Pruvot-Fol, (1948);
  • Doriopsilla rarispinosa Pruvot-Fol, 1951
  • Elysia babai Pruvot-Fol, 1945
  • Elysia mercieri Pruvot-Fol, 1930
  • Facelina dubia Pruvot-Fol, 1949
  • Glossodoris hikuerensis (Pruvot-Fol, 1954
  • Goniodoridella savignyi Pruvot-Fol, 1933
  • Hermaea paucicirra Pruvot-Fol, 1953
  • Hypselodoris dollfusi (Pruvot-Fol, 1933
  • Hypselodoris fontandraui Pruvot-Fol, 1951.
  • Marianina rosea (Pruvot-Fol, 1930)
  • Nembrotha rutilans, Pruvot-Fol, 1931;
  • Phyllidia bataviae Pruvot-Fol, 1957
  • Phyllidia pulitzeri Pruvot-Fol, 1962
  • Phyllidiopsis krempfi Pruvot-Fol, 1957
  • Trapania Pruvot-Fol, 1931
  • Thecacera darwini, Pruvot-Fol, 1950
  • Thordisa filix Pruvot-Fol, 1951


Several species were named in her honor :

  • Hallaxa apefae, (using just the intials APF)
  • Elysia pruvotfolae
  • Pruvotfolia pselliotes
  • Pruvotfolia longicirrha n.comb.


Selected works

  • Pruvot, A., 1922. Sur un type nouveau et remarquable de gymnosomes (Laginiopsis n.g.). -- Compt. Rend. hebdom. Séanc. Acad. Sci, 174: 696-698.
  • Pruvot-Fol, A., 1924. Étude de quelques gymnosomes méditerranéens des pêches de 'l'Orvet' en 1921 et 1922. -- Arch. Zool. Exp. Gén., 62(6): 345-400, 32 figs, pls 15-16.
  • Pruvot-Fol, A., 1925. Contributions à l'étude du genre Janthina Bolten. -- C.R. hebd. Séances Acad. Sci., 181: ....
  • Pruvot-Fol, A., 1926. Mollusques ptéropodes gymnosomes provenant des campagnes du *Prince Albert 1er de Monaco. -- Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht par Albert 1er, Prince souverain de Monaco, publiés sous sa direction avec le concours de M. Jules Richard, Docteur ès-sciences, chargé des traveaux zoologiques à bord, 70: 1-60, 3 tabs, 102 figs. ISBN 2-7260-0083-5
  • Pruvot-Fol, A., 1930. Sur l'identité réelle et la valeur systématique de Micrella dubia Bgh.. -- Bull. Soc. zool. France, 55: 210-213.
  • Pruvot-Fol, A., 1932. Note sur quelques gymnosomes de provenances diverses et diagnose d'un genre nouveau. -- Arch. Zool. expér. gén., 74 (vol. jub.): 507-529, 18 figs, pl. 3.
  • Pruvot-Fol, A., 1934. Les opisthobranches de Quoy & Gaimard. Appendum 2. Les gymnosomes de Quoy & Gaimard. -- Arch. Mus. Nat. Hist. nat., (6)11: 81.
  • Pruvot-Fol, A., 1934. Note malacologique. A propos du tubercle médian du pied des gymnosomes. -- Bull. Soc. zool. France, 59(4): 291-293.
  • Pruvot-Fol, A., 1934. Faune et flore de la Méditerranée. Gastropoda-Opisthobranchia-Gymnosomata. -- Comm. Intern. Expl. Sc. Mer Méditerr., .....
  • Pruvot-Fol, A., 1936. Morphologie du pied des mollusques. Ses homologies. -- Verh. schweiz. Naturf. Gesellsch., 117: 327-328.
  • Pruvot-Fol, A., 1938. Sur les apparences trompeuses de quelques échantillons de gymnosomnes à l'état conservé. -- Journal de Conchyliologie, 82(3): 256-258, figs A-B, pl. 4.
  • Pruvot-Fol, A., 1942. Les gymnosomes. -- Dana Rep., 4(20): 1-54, 77 figs.
  • Pruvot-Fol A. 1954 Faune de France n°58 Mollusques Opisthobranches P. Lechevalier Paris France 460p
  • Pruvot-Fol, A., 1954. Mollusques opisthobranches. Paris, Lechevalier: 1-457, 173 figs, 1 pl.
  • Pruvot-Fol, A., 1960. Les organes génitaux des opisthobranches. -- Arch. Zool. expér. gén., 99(2): 135-223, 33 figs.
  • Pruvot-Fol, A., 1963. Les ventouses chez les mollusques gastéropodes et plus spécialement chez les gymnosomes. -- Journal de Conchyliologie, 103(1): 3-20, 11 figs.

Reference

  • P.-H. Fischer, 1973. Necrologie: Madame Pruvot-Fol. Journal de Conchyliologie 110(2): 69.
  • A. Franc, 1972. Alice Pruvot-Fol (1873-1972). Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 97(4): 555-556.
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