of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. He published an anticlerical satire called Monachologien in 1783, in which he depicts monks as being of a distinct race that is a mixture between ape and man. The mineral bornite (Cu5FeS4), a common copper ore mineral was named in his honour. Selected publications Born, I. 1778. Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. Vindobonæ: Kraus. [1–40] + 1–458 + [1–82]. (in Latin and German language) Species described Species described by Ignatius von Born include: gastropods: Bullata bullata (Born, 1778) – synonyms: Voluta bullata Born, 1778; Marginella bullata (Born, 1778) Cerithium atratum (Born, 1778) – synonym: Murex atratus Born, 1778 Cerithium litteratum (Born, 1778) – synonym: Murex litteratus Born, 1778 Clathrodrillia gibbosa (Born, 1778) – synonyms: Crassispira gibbosa (Born, 1778); Drillia gibbosa (Born, 1778); Murex gibbosus Born, 1778 Conus centurio Born, 1778 Conus ermineus Born, 1778 – synonym: Dendroconus ermineus (Born, 1778) Fissurella nodosa (Born, 1778) – synonym: Patella nodosa Born, 1778 Hastula cinerea (Born, 1778) – synonyms: Terebra cinerea (Born, 1778); Buccinum cinereum Born, 1778 Labyrinthus plicatus (Born, 1780) – synonym: Helix plicata Born, 1780 Osilinus turbinatus (Born, 1780) – synonym: Trochus turbinatus Born, 1780 Patella miniata Born, 1778 Patella oculus Born, 1778 Prunum marginatum (Born, 1778) – synonym: Voluta marginata Born, 1778 Scutellastra cochlear (Born, 1778) – synonym: Patella cochlear Born 1778 Semicassis granulata (Born, 1778) – synonyms: Phalium granulata (Born, 1778); Phalium granulatum (Born, 1778); Buccinum granulatum Born, 1778 Stigmaulax sulcatus (Born, 1778) – synonym: Nerita sulcata Born, 1778 Tegula fasciata (Born, 1778) – synonyms: Trochus fasciatus Born, 1778; Chlorostoma fasciata (Born, 1778) Thais lacera (Born, 1778) – synonym: Thais lacerus (Born, 1778) Trochita trochiformis (Born, 1778) – synonyms: Turbo trochiformis Born, 1778; Patella trochiformis (Born, 1778) Vasum muricatum (Born, 1778) – synonyms: Voluta muricata Born, 1778; Turbinella muricatum (Born, 1778) Xenophora conchyliophora (Born, 1780) – synonyms: Astraea conchyliophora (Born, 1780); Trochus conchyliophorus Born, 1780 synonyms of gastropods: Tritonium costatum (Born, 1778) and Triton costatum (Born, 1778) and Murex costatus Born, 1778 are synonyms for Cymatium parthenopeum (von Salis, 1793) Murex gigas Born, 1780 is a synonym for Syrinx aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758) Turbo torcularis Born, 1778 is a synonym for Torcula exoleta (Linnaeus, 1758) bivalves: Argopecten nucleus (Born, 1778) – synonyms: Ostrea nucleus Born, 1778; Aequipecten nucleus (Born, 1778); Pecten nucleus (Born, 1778) Ctenoides scabra (Born, 1778)