Rykel de Bruyne

Rykel de Bruyne is a Dutch malacologist.
He is the coordinator of the "Atlas Project of Dutch Mollusca" by ANEMOON Foundation and has contributed greatly to the popularization of malacology in the Netherlands.
He worked for the "National Institute for Fisheries Research" at the Institute for Marine Resources & Ecosystem Studies, the former "Geological Survey", the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris, the National Museum of Natural History in Leiden and the Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification in Amsterdam. He is also affiliated with the Department of Malacology of the Zoological Museum in Amsterdam.
He was also involved with Spirula, the Dutch malacological journal.
The "Field Guide shells" is considered a prominent and complete work on the shells of molluscs from the southeastern North Sea.