William J. Clench
American malacologist, professor at Harvard University and museum curator · 1887–1984
181 specimens, collected between 1930 and 1953 on 12 collecting days. Identified 1 specimens for others.
On the labels as W.J. Clench, William J. Clench, William Clench, W.C. Clench, Clench.
- Specimens
- 181
- Type specimens
- 7
- Years in the field
- 24
- Islands
- 18
- Species
- 78
- Identifications
- 1
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 1
Where Clench collected
Specimens by decade
1930s1950s
Earliest: Purpura patula, 1930 (West Indies; Caribbean Sea; Navassa Island). Latest: Busycon contrarium, 1953.
Named for Clench
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Clench. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.
From the field
As a determiner
1 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: