Dr. Bernhard Hausdorf is a professor and researcher at the University of Hamburg. His research focuses on systematics, ecology, and evolutionary biology of molluscans.

Relevant to the biota of the Gulf of Mexico, Dr. Hausdorf has published the following:

Bouchet, P., J. Frýda, B. Hausdorf, W. Ponder, A. Valdés, and A. Warén. 2005. Working classification of the Gastropoda. Malacologia 47(1–2): 239–283.