Geoffrey Nevill (malacologist)

Geoffrey Nevill (October 5, 1843 - February 10, 1885) was an English malacologist who worked in the Indian Museum in Kolkata.

He was the younger brother of Hugh Nevill, British civil servant in Sri Lanka.

He then tried to work with his father but poor health led to being sent off to warmer climates and he travelled around South Africa, Mauritius, and Bourbon, continuing his collections.

He died in Davos Platz, Switzerland,[1] his brother Hugh also collected and researched molluscs from India.Some of Geoffrey's material is in the National Museum of Wales.

[4] Nevill's major work was the two part "Hand list of Mollusca in the Indian Museum", Calcutta (1878-1884).