Thomas William Kirk

Thomas William Kirk (1856–1936) was a biologist and a scientific administrator from New Zealand. He studied the fauna and flora of New Zealand.

He named various taxa of New Zealand molluscs, including:

  • Cylichna zelandica T.W. Kirk, 1880, a sea snail

References

Further reading

  • T. Nightingale, 1996. Kirk, Thomas William, 1956-1936. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography 3: 265.
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