Heinrich Carl Küster

Heinrich Carl Küster (14 February 1807 – April 1876) was a German malacologist^[1] and entomologist.

Heinrich Carl Küster
Born	14 February 1807
Died	April 1876 (1876-05) (aged 69)
Nationality	German
Scientific career
Fields	malacology

From 1836, he worked as an instructor at a trade school (Gewerbschule) in Erlangen. He conducted scientific excursions in Sardinia (1831) as well as in Dalmatia and Montenegro (1840–41).^[2]

He was the originator of "Die Käfer Europas, nach der Natur beschrieben" (Beetles of Europe, described from nature), a multi-volume series (1844-1912) that was continued by Ernst Gustav Kraatz and Friedrich Julius Schilsky. Also, he provided drawings for Carl Wilhelm Hahn's ornithological work, "Voegel, aus Asien, Africa, America, und Neuholland, in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen".

Bibliography

• Die Ohrschnecken in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen, Nürnberg Bauer & Raspe 1844 – Abalones in illustrations from nature with descriptions.
• Die Bulimiden und Achatinen in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen, Nürnberg Bauer & Raspe 1845 – Bulimidae and Achatinidae in illustrations from nature with descriptions.
• Die Gattungen Umbrella und Tylodina, Nürnberg Bauer & Raspe 1862 – The genera Umbrella and Tylodina.
• (in German) Küster H. C. (1852). "Die Gattungen Paludina, Hydrocaena und Valvata". Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz: 1-56. Nurnberg, Bauer und Raspe. scan.

References

1. Coan E. V., Kabat A. R. & Petit R. E. (15 February 2011). 2,400 years of malacology, 8th ed. Archived 2012-11-11 at the Wayback Machine, 936 pp. + 42 pp. [Annex of Collations]. American Malacological Society.
2. Archiv für pathologische anatomie und physiologie und klinische, Volume 69 biographical information