James Hamilton McLean
James Hamilton McLean | |
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| Born | June 17, 1936 |
| Died | November 11, 2016 (aged 80) |
| Known for | Marine gastropods; hydrothermal vent limpets |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Malacology |
| Institutions | Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | McLean |
James Hamilton McLean (17 June 1936 – 11 November 2016) was an American malacologist (a biologist who studies mollusks). He specialized in marine gastropods. He worked on many families of Eastern Pacific gastropods including the Fissurellidae, Trochidae, Turbinidae and Liotiidae, and also investigated deep sea gastropods from hydrothermal vents.
McLean worked as a curator of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County from 1964 to 2001 and was a curator emeritus there until his death in November 2016.