| Victor Sterki | |
| Birth Date: | 1846 |
| Birth Place: | Solothurn, Switzerland |
| Fields: | malacology |
| Alma Mater: | University of Bern and Munich University |
| Known For: | Research in Pupillidae and in Sphaeriidae |
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]
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]