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Prof. Dr Bouchet, Philippe
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Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle; Department Systematics and Evolution, more

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International Commission for Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN), more

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MolluscaBase eds., more

Function: Chief taxonomic editor

WoRMS Editorial Board (WoRMS editors), more

Function: Chief taxonomic editor

Bertrand RICHER DE FORGES (IRD) & Philippe BOUCHET (MNHN). 1998. Benthic species from the tropical Pacific. IRD-Noumea, more
Bouchet, P.; Decock, W.; Lonneville, B.; Vanhoorne, B.; Vandepitte, L.; National Natural History Museum Paris (MNHN): France; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Belgium; (2022): Metrics of original descriptions of 600 randomly selected marine accepted species from the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Marine Data Archive., more
ERMS 2.0: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Accessed at http://www.marbef.org/data/erms.php on yyyy-mm-dd, more
CLEMAM: Data from CLEMAN: Check List of European Marine Mollusca Database http://www.somali.asso.fr/clemam/index.clemam.html searched on dd/mm/yyyy., more
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Accessed at https://www.molluscabase.org on yyyy-mm-dd, more

A1 Publications (32) [show]
Bouchet, P.; Decock, W.; Lonneville, B.; Vanhoorne, B.; Vandepitte, L. (2023). Marine biodiversity discovery: The metrics of new species descriptions. Front. Mar. Sci. 10: 1-14. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.929989, more Fassio, G.; Stefani, M.; Russini, V.; Buge, B.; Bouchet, P.; Treneman, N.T.; Malaquias, M.A.E.; Schiaparelli, S.; Modica, M.V.; Oliverio, M. (2023). Neither slugs nor snails: A molecular reappraisal of the gastropod family Velutinidae. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 197(4): 924-964. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac091, more Kantor, Y.I.; Fedosov, A.E.; Kosyan, A.R.; Puillandre, N.; Sorokin, P.A.; Kano, Y.; Clark, R.; Bouchet, P. (2022). Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 194(3): 789-857. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab031, more Rosenberg, G.; Auffenberg, K.; Bank, R.; Bieler, R.; Bouchet, P.; Herbert, D.; Köhler, F.; Neubauer, T.A.; Neubert, E.; Páll-Gergely, B.; Richling, I.; Schneider, S. (2022). Adapting mark-recapture methods to estimating accepted species-level diversity: a case study with terrestrial Gastropoda. PeerJ 10: e13139. https://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13139, more Fassio, G.; Russini, V.; Buge, B.; Schiaparelli, S.; Modica, M.V.; Bouchet, P.; Oliverio, M. (2020). High cryptic diversity in the kleptoparasitic genus Hyalorisia Dall, 1889 (Littorinimorpha: Capulidae) with the description of nine new species from the Indo-West Pacific. J. Moll. Stud. 86(4): 401-421. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyaa028, more Strong, E.E.; Bouchet, P. (2020). Hidden in plain sight: two co-occurring cryptic species of Supplanaxis in the Caribbean (Cerithioidea, Planaxidae). ZooKeys 991: 85-109. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.991.57521, more Fedosov, A.E.; Gutierrez, M.C.; Buge, B.; Sorokin, P.V.; Puillandre, N.; Bouchet, P. (2019). Mapping the missing branch on the neogastropod tree of life: molecular phylogeny of marginelliform gastropods. J. Moll. Stud. 85(4): 440-452. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyz028, more Strong, E.E.; Bouchet, P. (2018). A rare and unusual new bittiine genus with two new species from the South Pacific (Cerithiidae, Gastropoda). ZooKeys 758: 1-18. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.758.25100, more Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P.; Hausdorf, B.; Kaim, A.; Kano, Y.; Nützel, A.; Parkhaev, P.; Schrödl, M.; Strong, E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia 61(1-2): 1-526. https://dx.doi.org/10.4002/040.061.0201, more Cowie, R.H.; Régnier, C.; Fontaine, B.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Measuring the sixth extinction: what do mollusks tell us? The Nautilus 131(1): 3-41, more Galindo, L.A.; Puillandre, N.; Utge, J.; Lozouet, P.; Bouchet, P. (2016). The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 99: 337-353. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.03.019, more Puillandre, N.; Stöcklin, R.; Favreau, P.; Bianchi, E.; Perret, F.; Rivasseau, A.; Limpalaër, L.; Monnier, E.; Bouchet, P. (2014). When everything converges: Integrative taxonomy with shell, DNA and venomic data reveals Conus conco, a new species of cone snails (Gastropoda: Conoidea). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 80: 186-192. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.06.024, more Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Fauchald, K.; Gordon, D.; Hoeksema, B.W.; Poore, G.C.B.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stöhr, S.; Walter, T.C.; Vanhoorne, B.; Decock, W.; Appeltans, W. (2013). Global coordination and standardisation in marine biodiversity through the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) and related databases. PLoS One 8(1): 20 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051629, more Fontaine, B.; van Achterberg, K.; Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A.; Araujo, A.; Asche, M.; Aspöck, H.; Aspöck, U.; Audisio, P.; Aukema, B.; Bailly, N.; Balsamo, M.; Bank, R.A.; Belfiore, C.; Bogdanowicz, W.; Boxshall, G.; Burckhardt, D.; Chylarecki, P.; Deharveng, L.; Dubois, A.; Enghoff, H.; Fochetti, R.; Fontaine, C.; Gargominy, O.; Lopez, M.S.G.; Goujet, D.; Harvey, M.S.; Heller, K.; van Helsdingen, P.; Hoch, H.; de Jong, Y.; Karsholt, O.; Los, W.; Magowski, W.; Massard, J.A.; McInnes, S.J.; Mendes, L.; Mey, E.; Michelsen, V.; Minelli, A.; Nafria, J.M.N.; van Nieukerken, E.J.; Pape, T.; De Prins, W.; Ramos, M.; Ricci, C.; Roselaar, C.; Rota, E.; Segers, H.; Timm, T.; Van Tol, J.; Bouchet, P. (2012). New species in the Old World: Europe as a frontier in biodiversity exploration, a test bed for 21st century taxonomy. PLoS One 7(5): e36881. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036881, more Fontaine, B.; Perrard, A.; Bouchet, P. (2012). 21 years of shelf life between discovery and description of new species. Curr. Biol. 22(22): R943-R944. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.10.029, more Pante, E.; Corbari, L.; Thubaut, J.; Chan, T.-Y.; Mana, R.; Boisselier, M.-C.; Bouchet, P.; Samadi, S. (2012). Exploration of the deep-sea fauna of Papua New Guinea. Oceanography 25(3): 214-225. http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2012.65, more Barco, A.; Claremont, M.; Reid, D.G.; Houart, R.; Bouchet, P.; Williams, S.T.; Cruaud, C.; Couloux, A.; Oliverio, M. (2010). A molecular phylogenetic framework for the Muricidae, a diverse family of carnivorous gastropods. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 56(3): 1025-1039. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2010.03.008, more Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P.; Bieler, R.; Carter, J.G.; Coan, E.V. (2010). Nomenclator of bivalve families, with a classification of bivalve families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184. https://dx.doi.org/10.4002/040.052.0201, more Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Emblow, C.S.; Legakis, A. (2006). European marine biodiversity inventory and taxonomic resources: state of the art and gaps in knowledge. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 316: 257-268, more Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. 397 pp., more Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2003). New species and genera of the family Pickworthiidae (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda). Zoosystema 25(4): 569-591, more Bouchet, P.; Lozouet, P.; Maestrati, P.; Héros, V. (2002). Assessing the magnitude of species richness in tropical marine environments: Exceptionally high numbers of molluscs at a New Caledonia site. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 75(4): 421-436, more Abdou, A.; Bouchet, P. (2000). Nouveaux gastéropodes Endodontidae et Punctidae (Mollusca, Pulmonata) récemment éteints de l ’archipel des Gambier (Polynésie). Zoosystema 22(4): 689-707, more Bouchet, P.; Gargominy, O. (1998). Action Plan formulation for molluscan conservation: getting the facts together for a global perspective. J. Conch., Lond. Spec. Publ. 2: 45-50, more Bouchet, P.; Ripken, T.; Recorbet, B. (1998). Conservation of a narrow-range Mediterranean Island endemic, Helix ceratina from Corsica. J. Conch., Lond. Spec. Publ. 2: 205-208, more Seddon, M.B.; Killeen, I.J.; Bouchet, P.; Bogan, A.E. (1998). Developing a strategy for molluscan conservation in the next century. J. Conch., Lond. Spec. Publ. 2: 295-298, more Backeljau, T.; Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; De Bruyn, L. (1994). Genetic variation, systematics and distribution of the venerid clam Chamelea gallina. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 74: 211-223. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315400035773, more Bouchet, P.; Houart, R. (1994). A new coralliophilid-like Muricid (Gastropoda, Muricldae) from the Coral Sea. J. Conch., Lond. 35: 131-135, more Warén, A.; Bouchet, P. (1990). Laevipilina rolani, a new monoplacophoran from off southwestern Europe. J. Moll. Stud. 56: 449-453. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/56.3.449, more Bouchet, P. (1983). Chronique: Opisthobranchia des Mittelmeeres: Nudibranchia und Saccoglossa par L. Smekel et A. Portmann. Cah. Biol. Mar. 24(2): 253-255, more Bouchet, P.; Guillemot, H. (1978). The Triphora perversa-complex in Western Europe. J. Moll. Stud. 44(3): 344-356. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a065441, more Bouchet, P. (1975). Opisthobranches de profondeur de l'Océan Atlantique: 1. Cephalaspidea = Deep-sea opisthobranches from the Atlantic Ocean: 1.Cephalaspidea. Cah. Biol. Mar. 16(3): 317-365, more
Peer reviewed publications (23) [show]
Touitou, D.; Puillandre, N.; Bouchet, P.; Clovel, P. (2020). Description of two new species of cone snails from the Lesser Antilles. Xenophora taxonomy 30: 40-45, more Olivera, B.M.; Saguil, N.; Bouchet, P. (2019). The Conus sulcatus species complex in the Philippines: Analysis of forms collected off Aurora, Eastern Luzon. Visaya 5(3): 39-61, more Monnier, E.; Tenorio, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Puillandre, N. (2018). The cones (Gastropoda) from Madagascar "Deep South": composition, endemism and new taxa. Xenophora taxonomy 19: 25-75, more Bouchet, P.; Bary, S.; Héros, V.; Marani, G. (2016). How many species of molluscs are there in the world’s oceans, and who is going to describe them?, in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 29. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993), 208: pp. 9-24, more Héros, V.; Strong, E.; Bouchet, P. (Ed.) (2016). Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 29. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993), 208. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum: Paris. ISBN 978-2-85653-774-9. 463 + cd-rom pp., more Bouchet, P.; Héros, V.; Lozouet, P.; Maestrati, P. (2008). A quarter-century of deep-sea malacological exploration in the South and West Pacific: Where do we stand? How far to go?, in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993), 196: pp. 9-40, more Héros, V.; Cowie, R.H.; Bouchet, P. (Ed.) (2008). Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993), 196. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum: Paris. ISBN 978-2-85653-614-8. 805 + 1 cd-rom pp., more Von Cosel, R.; Bouchet, P. (2008). Tropical deep-water lucinids (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the Indo-Pacific: essentially unknown, but diverse and occasionally gigantic, in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993), 196: pp. 115-213, more Bouchet, P.; Marshall, B.A. (Ed.) (2001). Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 22. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 185. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum: Paris. ISBN 2-85653-527-5. 406 pp., more Sysoev, A.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Gastéropodes turriformes (Gastropoda: Conoidea) nouveaux ou peu connus du Sud-Ouest Pacifique = New and uncommon turriform gastropods (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the South-West Pacific, in: Bouchet, P. et al. Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 22. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 185: pp. 271-320, more Richer de Forges, B.; Newell, P.; Schlacher-Hoenlinger, M.; Schlacher, T.; Nating, D.; Césa, F.; Bouchet, P. (2000). La campagne MUSORSTOM 10 dans l'archipel des îles Fidji. Compte rendu et liste des stations, in: Crosnier, A. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 21. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 184: pp. 9-23, more Richer de Forges, B.; Bouchet, P.; Dayrat, B.; Warén, A.; Philippe, J.-S. (2000). La campagne BORDAU 1 sur la ride de Lau (îles Fidji). Compte rendu et liste des stations, in: Crosnier, A. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 21. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 184: pp. 25-38, more Bouchet, P. (1997). Inventorying the molluscan diversity of the world: what is our rate of progress? Veliger 40(1): 1-11, more Crosnier, A.; Richer de Forges, B.; Bouchet, P. (1997). La campagne KARUBAR en Indonésie, au large des îles Kai et Tanimbar, in: Crosnier, A. et al. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 16. Campagne Franco-Indonésienne KARUBAR. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 172: pp. 9-26, more Crosnier, A.; Bouchet, P. (Ed.) (1997). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 16. Campagne Franco-Indonésienne KARUBAR. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 172. Editions du Muséum: Paris. ISBN 2-85653-506-2. 667 pp., more Bouchet, P. (Ed.) (1995). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 167. Editions du Muséum: Paris. ISBN 2-85653-217-9. 654 pp., more Bouchet, P.; Poppe, G.T. (1995). A review of the deep-water volute genus Calliotectum (Gastropoda: Volutidae), in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 167: pp. 499-525, more Crosnier, A.; Bouchet, P. (Ed.) (1991). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 7. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 150. Éditions du Muséum: Paris. ISBN 2-85653-180-6. 259 pp., more Warén, A.; Bouchet, P. (1991). Mollusca Gastropoda: Systematic position and revision of Haloceras Dall, 1889 (Caenogastropoda, Haloceratidae fam. nov.), in: Crosnier, A. et al. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 7. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 150: pp. 111-161, more Piani, P.; Bouchet, P.; Ghisotti, F. (1990). Lavori malacologici di G.S. Coen. Boll. Malacologico 26(5-9): 148-152, more Bouchet, P.; Warén, A. (1985). Revision of the northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico, Suppl. 1. Societa Italiana di Malacologia: Milano. 123-296 pp., more Bouchet, P.; Warén, A. (1985). Mollusca Gastropoda: Taxonomical notes on tropical deep water Buccinidae with descriptions of new taxa, in: Forest, J. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM I et II Philippines (1976, 1980). Tome 2. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 133: pp. 457-499, plates I-XVIII, more Bouchet, P.; Tardy, J. (1976). Faunistique et biogéographie des Nudibranches des côtes françaises de l'Atlantique et de la Manche. Ann. Inst. Océanogr. 52: 201-213, more
Books (4) [show]
Bouchet, P. (2008). Shells. Abbeville Press Publishers: New York. ISBN 978-0-7892-0989-4. 168 pp., more Bouchet, P. (1992). Terre océane. Imprimerie Nationale Éditions: Paris. ISBN 2-11-081143-9. 188 pp., more Bouchet, P.; Warén, A. (1980). Revision of the North-East Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. Supplement, 8. Oxford University Press: Oxford. 119 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/46.Supplement_8.1, more Bouchet, P.; Danrigal, F.; Huyghens, C. (1978). Coquillages des côtes atlantiques et de la Manche. Editions du Pacifique: Papeete. ISBN 2-85700-099-5. 144 pp., more
Book chapters (6) [show]
Cowie, R.H.; Fontaine, B.; Bouchet, P. (2023). Non-marine molluscs, in: Maclean, N. (Ed.) The living planet. The state of the world's wildlife. pp. 288-310. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108758826.016, more Bouchet, P. (2017). Marine biodiversity: what is there still to discover?, in: Euzen, A. et al. (Ed.) The ocean revealed. pp. 136-137, more Bouchet, P. (2006). The magnitude of marine biodiversity, in: Duarte, C.M. (Ed.) The exploration of marine biodiversity: scientific and technological challenges. pp. 31-62, more Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213, more Bouchet, P.; Warén, A. (1994). Ontogenic migration and dispersal of deep-sea gastropod larvae, in: Young, C.M. et al. (Ed.) Reproduction, larval biology and recruitment of the deep-sea benthos. pp. 98-117, more Bouchet, P. (1984). Les Triphoridae de Méditerranée et du proche Atlantique (Mollusca, Gastropoda), in: Atti del simposio "Sistematica dei prosobranchi del Mediterraneo", Bologna, 24-26 Sett. 1982. Lavori della Societa Italiana di Malacologia, 21: pp. 5-58, more
Abstracts (5) [show]
Appeltans, W.; Decock, W.; Vanhoorne, B.; Hernandez, F.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Fauchald, K.; Gordon, D.P.; Poore, G.C.B.; van Soest, R.; Stöhr, S.; Walter, C.; Costello, M.J. (2011). The World Register of Marine Species: an authoritative, open-access web-resource for all marine species, in: The future of the 21st century ocean: Marine Sciences and European Research Infrastructures. An International Symposium, 28th June - 1 July 2011 Brest, France. pp. 30, more Appeltans, W.; Decock, W.; Vanhoorne, B.; Hernandez, F.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Fauchald, K.; Gordon, D.P.; Poore, G.C.B.; Hoeksema, B.W.; van Soest, R.W. (2010). The World Register of Marine Species, the first online inventory of all marine species, in: A decade of discovery: Census of Marine Life 2010. The J. Frederick Grassle Scientific Symposium on the Census of Marine Life: Poster abstracts. pp. [1], more Bouchet, P. (2006). Inventorying the marine biodiversity of the world: what is our rate of progress?, in: Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning EU Network of Excellence: General Assembly - Science Meeting Lecce (Italy) 9-11 May 2006: Book of Abstracts. pp. 2, more Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C.S.; Bouchet, P.; Legakis, A. (2004). An analysis of gaps in knowledge of marine biodiversity in Europe, in: Ocean Biodiversity Informatics, Hamburg, Germany: 29 November to 1 December 2004: book of abstracts. pp. 43, more Vanden Berghe, E.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C. (2004). European Register for Marine Species version 2.0: data management, current status and plans for the future, in: Ocean Biodiversity Informatics, Hamburg, Germany: 29 November to 1 December 2004: book of abstracts. pp. 29, more
Other publication [show]
Appeltans, W.; Decock, W.; Vanhoorne, B.; Hernandez, F.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Fauchald, K.; Gordon, D.P.; Hoeksema, B.W.; Poore, G.C.B.; van Soest, R.; Stöhr, S.; Walter, C.; Costello, M.J. (2010). The World Register of Marine Species, the first online inventory of all marine species [Poster]. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ)/WoRMS Steering Committee: Oostende. 1 poster pp., more
Thesis (co-)promotor [show]
Vanmaele, S. (2010). Rooting biodiversity studies in "good taxonomy": Overwhelmed by small & rare species. MSc Thesis. Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Département Systématique et Evolution: Paris. 39 pp., more

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