title: Gerard Spaink
text: # Gerard Spaink
  
  Gerard Spaink (13 October 1928 in Amsterdam - 2005) was a Dutch malacologist.
  
  ## Taxa described
  
  * Spisula hartingi Spaink, 1958 - n. sp.
  * Divaricella juttingae Spaink, 1965 - n. sp.
  * Astarte omalii peelensis Spaink, 1968 - n. ssp.
  * Architectonica neerlandica Spaink, 1968 - n. sp.
  * Chrysallida andersoni Spaink, 1968 - n. sp.
  * Astarte alternicostata Spaink, 1972 - n. sp.
  * Astarte irregularis Spaink, 1972 - n. sp.
  * Astarte omalii latecostata Spaink, 1972 - nomen novum
  * Astarte mutabilis altenai Spaink, 1972 - n. ssp.
  * Altenaeum nortoni Spaink, 1972 - n. gen, n. sp.
  * Astarte neerlandica Spaink, 1974 - nom. nov.
  * Crassatella flandrica Spaink, 1978 - n. sp.
  * Martesia losserensis Spaink, 1978 - n. sp.
  * Nassarius tjoernensis Spaink, 1980 - n. sp.
  