Victor Sterki

Victor Sterki (September 26, 1846 in Solothurn, Switzerland – January 25, 1933 in New Philadelphia, OH)^[1] was a malacologist from Switzerland who lived in the United States.^[2]

Victor Sterki
Born	1846 Solothurn, Switzerland
Died	1933 (aged 86–87)
Alma mater	University of Bern and Munich University[1]
Known for	Research in Pupillidae and in Sphaeriidae[1]
Scientific career
Fields	malacology

He worked as an assistant in the Section of Invertebrates in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History from 1909 to 1933.^[1]

Malacological collections by Sterki of Pupillidae have 4000 lots and of Sphaeriidae have 12,000 lots.^[1] Both collections are deposited in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.^[1]

The malacological journal Sterkiana and the land snail species Guppya sterkii were named after him.^[3][4]