adolph cornelis 'dolf' van bruggen (9 july 1929 – 3 june 2016) was a dutch malacologist, entomologist and botanist. his works were about the tropics and tropical africa. his career lasted over 50 years. he was an expert especially in the land snail families streptaxidae, achatinidae and maizaniidae. as of 2008, he had written some 655 scientific publications.