Bruce Marshall (taxonomist)

Bruce Anders Marshall (born 29 March 1948)[1] is a New Zealand taxonomist and malacologist.

[3][4][5][6][7] He is a self-taught malacologist and started working at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in 1976.

[8] Until 2019, he was the Collection Manager of Molluscs at the Te Papa Tongarewa, where he described the largest number of new species in the history of the museum.

[4][5][6] In 2012 he was awarded a Doctor of Science degree by Victoria University of Wellington.

[7] The conferment letter described him as "the leading authority on the taxonomy and systematics of living molluscs in New Zealand".