Guido T. Poppe (born 11 September 1954)[1] is a Belgianmalacologist, shell dealer and author of more than 20 books and publications about shells, mainly about the families Volutidae and Trochidae.
Biography
The son of an enthusiastic sports fisherman, Guido became fascinated at a young age by marine life during yearly holidays in Brittany, France. His first diving experiences were in these cold waters in 1968.
He developed a career as a professional freelance conchologist. This allowed him to dive in many parts of the world, in European waters and in many tropical seas from Baja California to Queensland, Australia. In 2003 he moved from Belgium to the Philippines. Most of his dives are now concentrated in the Philippines. After more than 6,000 dives, he has compiled an extensive collection of photographs of seashells and marine life.[2]
His interest in conchology gradually brought him fame in this field, mainly through publishing books on the subject.
He was the vice-president of the Société Belge de Malacologie (Belgian Malacological Society) for eight years.
Scientific work
He discovered more than 1000 new species of Mollusca and described more than 500 of these, mainly in the families Volutidae, Trochidae, Colloniidae and on the Philippine malacofauna. The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) has already listed 668 marine species named by Poppe (alone or together with others such as Sheila Tagaro, Henk Dekker, Yoshihiro Goto or Salisbury) in its database.[3] More than 40 species have been named after him by scientists from all over the world either with the epithet poppei,[3]guidopoppei[3] or guidoi.[3]
In July 2004 Guido Poppe created together with his son Philippe Poppe (1977–) the journal, Visaya, specialising in the taxonomy of Mollusca. He named the calliostoma topsnail Calliostoma philippei Poppe, 2004, another sea snail Calliotropis philippei Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006 and Bayerotrochus philpoppei Anseeuw, Poppe & Goto, 2006 after his son. Guido Poppe named the topsnail Calliostoma mariae after his mother Maria Peyskens.
1994 Poppe & Senders: An annotated price catalogue of marine shells
1995 Bouchet Ph. & Poppe, G.T. – A review of the deep-water volute genus Calliotectum (Gastropoda: Volutidae).
1996 Poppe & Goto: A listing of Living Mollusca. Vol. I and Vol. II 2 parts each
2004 Poppe, G.T. & Tenorio, M.J. Description of three deep-water species of Conus from the Central Philippines.
2004 Poppe, G.T. - Description of Spectacular new species from the Philippines.
2004 Tenorio M.J. & Poppe G.T. – Description of three deep-water species of Conus from the central Philippines.
2004 Poppe G.T. & Fraussen K. – A new species of Nassaria from the central Philippines.
2004 Poppe, G.T. - Conchological Treasure from the Philippines Part I.
2005 Poppe, G.T., Tagaro S., Dekker H. - Discovery of new Guildfordia near Balut Island.
2005 Poppe, G.T., Tagaro S. & Buijse J. - A new subspecies of Cypraea hungerfordi from Aliguay Island, the Philippines.
2005 Poppe, G.T. & Tagaro S. - A new Conus from Aliguay Island, the Philippines.
2005 Poppe, G.T. - Conchological Treasures from the Philippines Part II.
2005 Poppe, G.T. & Fraussen K. - Revision of Phos and Antillophos (Buccinidae) from the Central Philippines.
2005 Poppe, G.T. & Patamakanthin S. - On the Discovery of New Population of Turbinella fusus Sowerby, 1825, a valid species.
2005 Poppe, G.T. & Tagaro S. - Enigmavasum enigmaticum, a new species from Cotabato, the Philippines.
2005 Poppe, G.T. & Tagaro, S. - A new Cymbiola (Volutidae, Gastropoda) from the Arafura Sea.
2005 Anseeuw & Poppe: Pleurotomariidae: An Iconographic visit anno 2005 as a supplement of Visaya
2006 Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker: The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands as supplement of Visaya
2006 Poppe, G.T. & Tagaro, S. – A New Classification of Gastropods according to Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005
2006 Poppe, G.T. & Tagaro, S. – Notes on two Amphidromus from the Philippine Islands.
2006 Poppe, G.T. & Tagaro, S. – Possible Sexual dimorphism in Ovulidae: Primovula concinna (A. Adams & Reeve, 1848).[11]
2006 Anseeuw P., Poppe G.T. & Goto Y. – Description of Bayerotrochus philpoppei sp. nov. from the Philippines.
2006 Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Brown L. – A New Large Cirsotrema From Australia.
2006 Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. – A New Fusinus From The Philippines.
2006 Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. – New Mitridae and Costellariidae from the Philippines and the East China Sea.
2006 Poppe G.T., de Suduiraut E.G. & Tagaro S.P. – New Costellariidae from the Philippines.
2007 Fraussen K. & Poppe G.T. – The Genus Nassaria (Buccinidae) in the Central Philippines.
2007 Tenorio M.J., Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P., – New Indo-Pacific Conidae with Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Notes on Conus recluzianus.
2008 Poppe, G. T., Tagaro, S. P. & Fraussen K. – A New Nassaria from the Philippines.
2008 Poppe, G. T., – New Fissurellidae, Epitoniidae, Aclididae, Mitridae and Costellariidae from the Philippines.
2008 Poppe, with the collaboration of 23 authors "in Poppe": Philippines Marine Mollusks Vol. I[12]
2008 Poppe, with the collaboration of 17 authors "in Poppe": Philippines Marine Mollusks Vol. II[13]
2009 Poppe, G. T – New Taxonomic Methods in Conchology.
2009 Poppe, G. T, Tagaro, S.P. & Vilvens, C. – A New Clanculus (Trochidae) from the Philippines. With additional notes and new records of Trochidae-species in the Archipelago.
2009 Poppe, G. T & Tagaro, S.P. – A Spectacular New Conus (Conidae) from the Philippines.
2009 Poppe, G. T, Tagaro, S.P. & Terryn, Y. – New Terebridae from the Philippines.
2009 Poppe, G. T. & Groh, K. – A New Species of Trimusculus (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Trimusculidae) from the Central Philippines.
2009 Poppe, G. T, Tagaro, S.P. & Salisbury, R. – New Species of Mitridae and Costellariidae from the Philippines. With additional information on the Philippine Species in these families.
2009 Poppe G. T. – Conidae in the Philippine Marine Mollusks Volume II.
2009 Seronay, R. A. et al. - Accessing novel conoidean venoms: Biodiverse lumun-lumun marine communities, an untapped biological and toxinological resource.[14]
2010 Poppe, G. T – In Memoriam of Emmanuel Guillot de Suduiraut.
2010 Poppe, G. T. & Tagaro, S.P. – New Species of Haloceratidae, Columbellidae, Buccinidae, Mitridae, Costellariidae, Amathinidae and Spondylidae from the Philippines.
2010 Poppe, with the collaboration of 9 authors "in Poppe": Philippines Marine Mollusks vol. III[15]
2011 Poppe, G. T. (Translation P. Bail) – Emmanuel Guillot de Suduiraut. (1938-2010).
2011 Philippine Marine Mollusks – Volume IV – Guido T. Poppe with the collaboration of 13 authors "in Poppe". 676 pp. pls. 1015–1315.[16]
2011 Poppe, G. T. & Tagaro, S.P. – The Egg Case of Melo broderipii.
2011 Poppe, G. T., Tagaro, S.P.& Chino, M. – Two new Rictaxiella (Gastropoda: Bullinidae) from the Philippines.
2011 Poppe, G. T. & Tagaro, S.P. – A new subspecies of Conus nobilis Linnaeus, 1758 from Solor Island, Indonesia.
2011 Poppe, G. T – A Listing of Philippine Marine Molluks V06-1.
2011 Poppe, G. T., Tagaro, S. P. & Bail, P. - Notes on the genus Cymbiola in the Philippines, with the redefinition of Cymbiola cathcartiae Reeve, 1856 and the description of Cymbiola laminusa n. sp. - Visaya vol. 3(4)
2011 Poppe, G. T., Tagaro, S. P. & Sarino, J. C. - Two New Species of Fissurellidae from Namibia. - Visaya vol. 3(4)
2012 Poppe, G. T – A Listing of Philippine Marine Molluks V07-2.[17]
2012 Poppe, G. T., Tagaro, S. P. & Sarino, J. C. - A new Ceratoxancus (Gastropoda: PTYCHATRACTIDAE), from the Philippines. - Visaya vol. 3(5)
2012 Poppe, G. T., Monnier, E., Tagaro, S. P. - New Conidae from the Central Philippines. - Visaya vol. 3(5)
2012 Poppe, G. T., Tagaro, S. P., Crookshanks, D., Groh, K. & Sarino J. - A Statement on the Land Snails of Cebu. - Visaya vol. 3(6)
2013 Poppe, G., Tagaro, S. & Groh, K. - A New Species of Contradusta (GASTROPODA: CYPRAEIDAE) from the Philippines. - Visaya vol. 4(1)
2014 Stahlschmidt, P., Poppe, G. T. & Chino, M. - Description of Seven New Daphnella species from the Philippines. - Visaya vol. 4(2)
2014 Dekkers, A., Herrmann, M., Poppe, G. T. & Tagaro, S. P. - Three New Species of Subcancilla from the Pacific Ocean. (Gastropoda: MITRIDAE). - Visaya vol. 4(2)
2014 Poppe, G. T., Poppe, P., Tagaro, S.P - 1000 Shells - Exceptionals from the Philippines.[18]
2014 Poppe, G. T. - The Illustrated Catalog of the Living Cone Shells - A Review. - The Cone Collector
2014 Poppe, G. T. - A Selected bibliography for Conus Lovers. - The Cone Collector
2014 Poppe, G. T., Tagaro, S.P., Vilvens, C. - Three New Calliostoma from the Philippines. Visaya 4(2): 49–56.
2015 Poppe, G. T., Tagaro, S.P., Sarino, J.C. - A new Bradybaenidae and two new Diplommatinidae from the Philippines. Visaya 4(3): 14.
2015 Poppe, G. T., Tagaro, S.P., Stahlschmidt, P. - New Shelled Molluscan Species from the Central Philippines I. Visaya 4(3): 15–59.
2015 Poppe, G. T., Tagaro, S.P. - A spectacular new Conus (CONIDAE) from the Philippines. Visaya 4(4): 71–75.[19]
2015 Poppe, G. T., Salisbury, R., Tagaro, S.P. - Two new MITRIDAE from the Central Pacific. Visaya 4(4): 77–84.[19]
2016 Poppe, G. T., Tagaro, S.P. - New Marine Mollusks from the Central Philippines in the Families ACLIDIDAE, CHILODONTIDAE, CUSPIDARIIDAE, NUCULANIDAE, NYSTIELLIDAE, SERAPHSIDAE and VANIKORIDAE. Visaya 4(5): 83–103.[20]
2016 Poppe, G. T. - Collecting Shells - In Times of Internet. 409pg[21][22]
2017 Poppe, G. T., Tagaro, S.P. - New Conidae from the Central Philippines. Visaya 4(6): 5–18.[23]
2017 Poppe, G. T. - Philippines Marine Mollusks Vol. V.[24]
2018 Stahlschmidt, P., Poppe, G. T. & Tagaro, S. - Descriptions of remarkable new Turrid species form the Philippines. Visaya 5(1): 5-64[25]
2018 Poppe, G. T., Tagaro, S. & Goto, Y. - New Marine Species from the Central Philippines. Visaya 5(1): 91-135[25]
2019 Poppe, G. T.: About the Conidae from the Mactan Channel and Related Species. Visaya 5(2):49-53.
2019 Poppe, G. T. & Tagaro, S.P. A New Calliostoma from the West coast of Panama (Gastropoda: Calliostomatidae).Visaya 5(3):63-68.
2020 Poppe, G. T.: Belgian and French Oyster Plates in Faience[26]
2020 Poppe, G. T.: Offer Bundles - Offer: 1 to 200[27]
2020 Poppe, G. T.: Offer Bundles - Offer: 201 to 400[28]
2020 Poppe, G. T. & Tagaro, S.P.: The Fissurellidae from the Philippines with the Description of 26 New Species. Visaya Supplement 13.
2020 Poppe, G. T. & Tagaro, S. P.: Description of a New Subgenus and Three New Subspecies in the Family VOLUTIDAE. Visaya 5(3):5-19.
2020 Poppe, G. T. & Tagaro, S. P.: Description of Two New Trochoidean Species from the Okinawa Islands. Visaya 5(4):25-31.
2020 Poppe, G. T.: Philippine Amphidromus A Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Puzzle. Visaya Supplement 15.
2021 Poppe, G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Poppe P., The Conchological Albums - Terrestrial Molluscs, Volume 1: Acavidae, Achatinellidae, Achatinidae (1). hardcover, pp. 211 with 92 color pls[29]
2021 Poppe, G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Poppe P., The Conchological Albums - Terrestrial Molluscs, Volume 2: Achatinidae (2), Aciculidae, Agardhiellidae, Amastridae, Amphibulimidae, Argnidae. pp. 217 with 96 color pls.[30]
2021 Poppe, G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Poppe P., The Conchological Albums - Terrestrial Molluscs, Volume 3: Annulariidae, Ariophantidae, Azecidae, Bothriembryontidae (1). hardcover, pp. 199, 87 color plates[31]
2021 Poppe, G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Poppe P., The Conchological Albums - Terrestrial Molluscs, Volume 4: Bothriembryontidae (2), Bulimulidae (1). hardcover, pp. 209, 95 color plates[32]
2021 Poppe, G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Poppe P., The Conchological Albums - Terrestrial Molluscs, Volume 5: Bulimulidae (2), Camaenidae (1). 197 pp., 89 color plates.[33]
2021 Poppe, G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Poppe P., The Conchological Albums - Terrestrial Molluscs, Volume 6: Camaenidae (2), 197 pp., 90 color plates.[34]
2022 Poppe, G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Poppe P., The Conchological Albums - Terrestrial Molluscs, Volume 7: Camaenidae (3), 207 pp., 97 color plates[35]
2022 Poppe, G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Poppe P., The Conchological Albums - Terrestrial Molluscs, Volume 8: Camaenidae (4), 183 pp., 83 color plates[36]
2022 Poppe, G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Poppe P., The Conchological Albums - Terrestrial Molluscs, Volume 9: Camaenidae (5), 207 pp., 95 color plates[37]
2022 Poppe, G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Poppe P., The Conchological Albums - Terrestrial Molluscs, Volume 10: Camaenidae (7), Canariellidae, Caryodidae, Cepolidae, Cerastidae, 203 pp., 95 color plates[38]
2022 Poppe, G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Poppe P., The Conchological Albums - Terrestrial Molluscs, Volume 11: Camaenidae (6), 191 pp., 86 color plates[39]
2023 Poppe, G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Poppe P., The Conchological Albums - Terrestrial Molluscs, Volume 12: Cerionidae, Charopidae, Chondrinidae, Chronidae, 173 pp., 77 color plates[40]
2023 Poppe, G.T., Tagaro, S.P. & Huang S.-I., The recent Colloniidae, 372 pp, 78 color plates[41]
2023 Poppe, G.T., Tagaro, S.P., A new Neripteron (Neritidae) from the Central Philippines. Gloria Maris 61(3): 122-125.
In 1999 with Klaus Groh, he started the prestigious series "A Conchological Iconography", which today is one of the biggest compilations of its time. The following volumes have already appeared:
1999 Dance, Poppe & Brulet: The family Harpidae[42]
1999 Kreipl, Poppe, Man in't Veld & De Turck: The family Strombidae[43]
Faunistical collection of Philippine shells in the Houston Museum of Natural Science, USA. This collection consists of over 25,000 fully documented specimens from the Philippines, which include corresponding scientific collecting and meta data, photographs and shared copyrights. Over 6,250 known species are represented in the collection and over 1000 newly discovered species likely unknown to science.[54]
^Poppe, G.T. (1985). Notes on the genus Cymbiolacca (Gastropoda, Volutidae), with the description of a novel species and a novel form Inf. Soc. Belge Malac. 13(3-4): 187-209, 3 plates
^Poppe, G.T. (1986). A novel species and a novel subspecies of Volutidae from northwestern Australia APEX 1(1): 27-32
^Poppe, G.T.; Brulet, T.; Dance, S.P. (1999). The family Harpidae. A conchological iconography. ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN3-925919-28-7. 69, 51 photoplates pp
^Kreipl, K.; Poppe, G.T.; Man in 't Veld, L.; De Turck, K. (1999). The family Strombidae. A conchological iconography. ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN3-925919-29-5. 58, 130 photo plates pp.
^Verhaeghe, M.; Poppe, G.T. (2000). The family Ficidae. A conchological iconography. ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN3-92591927-9. 31, 27 photo plates pp.
^Geiger, D.L.; Poppe, G.T. (2000). The family Haliotidae. A conchological iconography. ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN3-925919-31-7. 135, 83 photo plates pp
^ail, P.; Limpus, A.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). The genus Amoria. A conchological iconography. ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN3-925919-46-5. 50, 93 photo plates pp
^Groh, K. et al. (2002). The family Acavidae excluding genus Ampelita. A conchological iconography. ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN3-925919-48-1. 69, 44 photo plates
^Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2004). The tribe Lyriini: A revision of the Recent species of the genera Lyria, Callipara, Harpulina, Enaeta and Leptoscapa. A conchological iconography. ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN3-925919-65-1. 93, 68 photo plates pp
^Monteiro, A.; Tenorio, M.J.; Poppe, G.T. (2004). The family Conidae: The West African and Mediterranean species of Conus. A conchological iconography. ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN3-925919-68-6. 102, 164 photo plates pp