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Geoffrey Nevill (1842 -10 Feb 1885) born in Holloway, London, England, was a British scientist, a malacologist who worked primarily in Calcutta, India. Nevill had previously done malacological fieldwork in Mauritius, the Isle of Bourbon, and the Seychelles; some of the new species he found in those localities were named and described in 1868 by Henry Adams (the brother of Arthur Adams). Nevill's father William had a famous collection of meteorites. Geoffrey Nevill often worked with his brother Hugh Neville.

Hugh Nevill, (1847 - 10 April 1897), was the younger brother of Geoffrey Nevill, and was also British. He was a civil servant. He lived in in Sri Lanka for 32 years, starting in 1865. Hugh Neville was a shell collector like his brother, but not to the same degree, because he was a more general naturalist who collected other natural history objects. Hugh Nevill also had a large collection of Sinhalese manuscripts. Hugh Neville died in 1897 in Hyères, France. His shell collection was auctioned on 10 May 1904.

Oriental Studies Hugh Nevill, 1882

Taxa named in honor of Nevill

 * Bathybembix nevilli E. A. Smith, 1906

Taxa named by Geoffrey Nevill and Hugh Nevill


The list is in alphabetical order. The items at the top are genus names.


 * Arcuella G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874
 * Mainwaringia Nevill, 1885
 * Peasiella Nevill, 1885
 * Pisulina''' G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869
 * Pseudotrochatella G. Nevill, 1881
 * Schwartziella G. Nevill, 1885
 * Tallorbis G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869


 * Achatina fulica umbilicata Nevill, 1879
 * Arcuella mirifica (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874)
 * Arcuella mirifica G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874
 * Ascobulla pusilla (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869)
 * Broderipia eximia G. & H. Nevill, 1869
 * Brotia assamensis (Nevill, 1885)
 * Clanculus ceylonicus G. & H. Nevill
 * Clanculus tonnerrei (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874)
 * Conus pretiosus G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874
 * Cylindrobulla sculpta G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869
 * Ethminolia impressa G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869
 * Eucithara dubiosa (Nevill & Nevill, 1875)
 * Gibbula stoliczkana (Nevill, G. & H. Nevill, 1869)
 * Gonospira duponti Nevill, 1870
 * Granulina isseli G. & H. Nevill, 1875
 * Hemitoma oldhamiana (Nevill, 1869)
 * Herpetopoma seychellarum (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869)
 * Isanda holdsworthiana H. Nevill & G. Nevill, 1871
 * Littoraria delicatula Nevill, 1885
 * Macroschisma canalifera (G. & H. Nevill, 1869)
 * Macroschisma scutiformis G. & H. Nevill, 1869
 * Mainwaringia paludomoidea Nevill
 * Marginella picturata G. & H. Nevill, 1874
 * Melanella acuformis G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875
 * Nassarius obesus (G. & H. Nevill, 1875)
 * Oxynoe delicatula G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869
 * Pagodulina austeniana (Nevill, 1880)
 * Peasiella roepstorffiana (Nevill, 1885)
 * Pseudorhaphitoma fairbanki (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875) T
 * Pterocyclus cyclophoroideus (G. Nevill, 1881)
 * Rissoina evanida Nevill, 1874
 * Rissoina indica Nevill, 1884
 * Rissoina monilifera Nevill, 1875
 * Rissoina percrassa G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874
 * Rissoina perpusilla Nevill, 1884
 * Rissoina subfuniculata Nevill, 1878
 * Rissoina weinkauffiana Nevill, 1881
 * Rostellariella delicatula (Nevill, 1881)
 * Schwartziella minuta (Nevill, 1874)
 * Stosicia abnormis (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875)
 * Stosicia abnormis (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875)
 * Tallorbis roseola G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869 († Eucyclinae)
 * Tibia delicatula Nevill, 1881
 * Vaceuchelus roseolus (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869)
 * Volvatella cincta G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869
 * Williamia eximia (Nevill in G. & H. Nevill, 1869)