About Mario Lessona
Lived 1855 – 1911 (aged 56). Mario Lessona was an Italian zoologist.
Mario Lessona (18 December 1855 in Genoa – 25 December 1911 in Turin) was an Italian zoologist and malacologist. He was the son of the prominent natural scientist and senator Michele Lessona and his wife Adele Masi Lessona, who was very much involved in her husband's work, particularly in making translations. A son of Adele Lessona by an earlier marriage was the painter and malacologist Carlo Pollonera, with whom Mario published a monograph on Italian slugs. Mario also coauthored various scientific works with his brother-in-law,
Tandonia Lessona & Pollonera, 1882
Lehmannia melitensis (Lessona & Pollonera, 1882)
Lehmannia rupicola Lessona & Pollonera, 1882
Limax subalpinus Lessona, 1880
Limax veronensis Lessona & Pollonera, 1882
Phenacolimax stabilei (Lessona, 1880)
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Who was Mario Lessona?
Italian zoologist (1855–1911)
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Mario Lessona was born on 18 December 1855 in Genoa.
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Mario Lessona died on 25 December 1911 in Turin.
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Mario Lessona was a zoologist.
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Mario Lessona was Italian.
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