William James Clench

William James "Bill" Clench (December 24, 1897 – February 22, 1984), American malacologist, father of Harry Kendon Clench.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 2 taxon names authored by William James Clench

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1923

• Clench, W.J. 1923. The marine shells of Sanibel, Florida. Nautilus 37(2): 52–56.

1946

• Turner, R.D. & Clench, W.J. 1946. The genus Bankia in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 2(19): 1–28, 16 pls. BHL Reference page. 

1962

• Clench, W.J. & Turner, R.D. 1962. New names introduced by H. A. Pilsbry in the Mollusca and Crustacea. Special publication (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia) (4): 1–218. BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.6489 Reference page. 

1968

• Clench, W.J. 1968. Notes on species of Urocoptis described by George C. Spence. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 38: 101–102.

1974

• Turner, R.D. & Clench, W.J. 1974. A new blind Physa from Wyoming with notes on its adaptation to the cave environment. Nautilus 88(3): 80–85, 19 figs. BHL Reference page. 

1984

• Wetherbee, D.K. & Clench, W.J. 1984. Three new species of Macroceramus (Mollusca: Urocoptidae) from the Dominican Republic. Caribbean Journal of Science 20(1–2): 9–12.