Robert C. Murdoch

Robert C. Murdoch (3 February 1861 in Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia[1] – 11 November 1923[2][3]) was a malacologist in New Zealand.

He spent some years subsequent to 1888 in farming near Wanganui, but in 1892 he went to Sydney and studied Mollusca with Mr. Charles Hedley.

At the time of his sudden and unexpected death, he had arranged to give up business life and devote himself solely to research.

During a visit to England about 1914, his important and extensive collections, which included several type specimens of New Zealand Mollusca, were destroyed in a fire.

[2] He formally named and described some species of sea snails, marine gastropods, including: This article incorporates public domain text coming from New Zealand from reference.