Alice Pruvot-Fol

Who was Alice Pruvot-Fol?

Alice Pruvot-Fol 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 on the basis of a painted illustration in a book by William Saville-Kent, entitled "The Great Barrier Reef of Australia".

She continued working and naming new species until 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

Goniodoridella savignyi Pruvot-Fol, 1933

Hermaea paucicirra Pruvot-Fol, 1953

Hypselodoris dollfusi