Rykel de Bruyne

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Rykel de Bruyne is a Dutch malacologist.

He is the national coordinator of the ANEMOON Foundation's Dutch Mollusc Atlas Project (Dutch : Atlasproject Nederlandse Mollusken), and is also on the foundation's advisory board. [1]

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He worked for the "National Institute for Fisheries Research" (Rijks Instituut voor Visserij Onderzoek, RIVO) at the Institute for Marine Resources & Ecosystem Studies, the former "Geological Survey" (Rijks Geologische Dienst), the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris, the National Museum of Natural History in Leiden (Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie) and the Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI) in Amsterdam. He is also affiliated with the Department of Malacology of the Zoological Museum in Amsterdam (Zoölogisch Museum Amsterdam). He was also involved with Spirula, the Dutch malacological journal.

A review of de Bruyne's Field Guide to Shells (Dutch : Veldgids Schelpen) considers it to be "the most important shell guide for the North Sea region at the moment". [2]

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  1. "Organisatiestructuur" [Organisation structure]. ANEMOON Foundation (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2 February 2026. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  2. "Recensie: Veldgids Schelpen, R.H.de Bruyne" [Review: Field Guide to Shells, R.H. de Bruyne]. De Visdief (in Dutch). 21 October 2020. Archived from the original on 2 February 2026. Retrieved 2 February 2026. de belangrijkste schelpengids voor het Noordzeegebied van dit moment