William James Clench (December 24, 1897 – February 22, 1984), American malacologist.

Taxon names authored

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• 2 taxon names authored by William James Clench

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

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

• 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. 

• 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.