Joseph Alexander Heller (Hebrew: יוסף הלר; born April 10, 1941, in Sydney, Australia) is an Israeli zoologist-malacologist.

Heller's cardinal studies concern the taxonomy, biogeography and reproductive biology of gastropods, of Israel and in general.

Natural history of recent and fossil terrestrial and aquatic gastropods in various aspects such as resistance to heat and desiccation.

Research results in developing a new bio-geographic methodology for modeling faunal responses to climatic gradients.

Heller evolved and set priorities for planning strategies of conservation of terrestrial invertebrate faunas.