Stella Maris Turk, MBE (an haife ta a shekara ta 1925 - ta mutu a ranar 3 ga watan Afrilun shekara ta 2017) ta kasance masaniyar masaniyar dabbobin Biritaniya, 'yar asalin ƙasa, kuma mai kiyaye muhalli . An san ta da ayyukanta a cikin ilimin halittun ruwa da kiyayewa, musamman kamar yadda ya shafi molluscs da dabbobi masu shayarwa . Turk ya zama memba na Mafi Kyawun Umarni na Masarautar Burtaniya a shekara ta 2002, kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta Stamford Raffles ta Zungiyar Dabbobi ta London a shekara ta 1979. An haifi Stella Turk a cikin shekara ta 1925 a cikin Isles of Scilly, dan nesa da ƙarshen yammacin Cornwall, Burtaniya . An haife ta Stella Maris Treharne; sunayenta biyu na farko, "Stella Maris", kalmomin Latin ne ma'ana "tauraruwar teku", taken da a wasu lokuta ake baiwa Budurwa Maryamu . Kodayake Turk ta rayu a New Zealand tun tana ƙarama, amma da farko ta girma ne a Cornwall, kuma ta kwashe mafi yawan rayuwarta tana zaune tare da yin bincike a wannan yankin. Turk shi masanin kimiyyar aiki ne kuma masanin kimiyyar dabbobin da aka wallafa.