The mollusk collection has been part of Carnegie Museum since it began in 1896, starting with the collection of George Clapp (honorary curator of malacology at Carnegie Museum). The current collection contains more than 150,000 lots (1.3 million specimens) from marine, freshwater, and land environments, from the mid-1800s to present, representing 6 of the 7 classes of mollusks, and with holdings from every continent and ocean, mostly from North America (75% of collection) and Europe (13% of collection). Taxonomic strengths are freshwater mussels (Unionoida) of North and South America (including the important collection of Arnold Ortmann, who literally wrote the book on North American Unionoida); terrestrial gastropods of North America, especially minute species (more specimens of the tiny Punctum minutissimum than all other museums combined) with the world’s largest collection of land snails from northern Appalachia; and the world’s largest collection of freshwater pill clams (Sphaeriidae, primarily from Victor Sterki and including more than 1000 type lots, still being cataloged). Many of our historical specimens of freshwater and terrestrial mollusks have some of the most detailed locality information compared to other museums. The specimen collection currently ranks 11th largest in USA. The current section head’s (curator of collections) expertise is land snails of North America.
GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/07ae2aa8-5031-4312-b26e-84a5c753daac
Citation: Carnegie Museums (2024). Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/4rfubm accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-06.
GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/07ae2aa8-5031-4312-b26e-84a5c753daac
Citation: Carnegie Museums (2024). Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/4rfubm accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-06.
資料集編號
07ae2aa8-5031-4312-b26e-84a5c753daac (DatasetUUID)
其他標題
資料集作者
資料集發佈者
Carnegie Museums
資料集來源
GBIF
資料集標籤
資料集關鍵字
授權
CC0
詮釋資料更新日期
2024-09-06
觀測資料最新匯入日期
類群
蝸牛與貝類
紀錄筆數
153
下載次數
301
下載觀測紀錄
物種 | 原始紀錄物種 | 類群 | 日期 | 行政區 | 資料集 | |
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Ficus ficus 小枇杷螺 | Ficus ficus | 蝸牛與貝類 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | |||
Fulgoraria 閃電渦螺屬 | Fulgoraria clara | 蝸牛與貝類 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | |||
Animalia 動物界 | Cryptospira strigata | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | ||||
Animalia 動物界 | Mimachlamys lentinginosa | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | ||||
Animalia 動物界 | Mirapecten rastellum | 2001-9-3 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | |||
Murex trapa 寶島骨螺 | Murex trapa | 蝸牛與貝類 | 2009-6-6 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | ||
Animalia 動物界 | Cryptospira tricincta | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | ||||
Animalia 動物界 | Vokesimurex rectirostris | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | ||||
Animalia 動物界 | Scaeochlamys squamea | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | ||||
Nassarius 織紋螺屬 | Nassarius condidalus | 蝸牛與貝類 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | |||
Pictodentalium vernedei | Fissidentalium vernedei | 蝸牛與貝類 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | |||
Hastula hectica 黑白筍螺 | Hastula hectica | 蝸牛與貝類 | 1978 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | ||
Animalia 動物界 | Obba marginata | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | ||||
Animalia 動物界 | Chloraea gansucia | 1908-9 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | |||
Amaea | Amaea acuminata | 蝸牛與貝類 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | |||
Animalia 動物界 | Mipus gyratus | 1973 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | |||
Hydatina albocincta 三帶泡螺 | Hydatina albocincta | 蝸牛與貝類 | 2009-6-6 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | ||
Conus sulcatus 木乃伊芋螺 | Conus sulcatus | 蝸牛與貝類 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | |||
Animalia 動物界 | Phos senticosus | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | ||||
Turbo argyrostomus 銀口蠑螺 | Turbo argyrostomus | 蝸牛與貝類 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | |||
Bufonaria rana 赤蛙螺 | Bufonaria rana | 蝸牛與貝類 | 1935-7-25 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | ||
Conus | Conus vattus | 蝸牛與貝類 | 1979-9 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | ||
Natica vitellus 腰帶玉螺 | Natica vitellus | 蝸牛與貝類 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | |||
Lataxiena fimbriata 花籃骨螺 | Lataxiena fimbriata | 蝸牛與貝類 | 1975-10-6 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | ||
Animalia 動物界 | Tibia fusus | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks |