Rykel de Bruyne

Rykel de Bruyne is a Dutch malacologist.

He is the coordinator of the "Atlas Project of Dutch Mollusca" (Atlasproject Nederlandse Mollusken) by ANEMOON Foundation (Stichting Anemoon) and has contributed greatly to the popularization of malacology in the Netherlands.

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.

Especially the "Field Guide shells" (Veldgids schelpen) is considered one of the best and complete work on the shells of molluscs from the southeastern North Sea.