Education
  • Ph.D., Geology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
  • B.S., Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Dr. Burnett Smith was an American malacologist. Much of his research was focused on marine gastropods.

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

Smith, B. 1939. Type specimen of Busycon perversum (Murex perversus Linné). The Nautilus 53(1): 23–26, pl. 7.