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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Conus australis 長芋螺 | Conus australis | 蝸牛與貝類 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | |||
Cassis 唐冠螺屬 | Cassis wyvillei | 蝸牛與貝類 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | |||
Animalia 動物界 | Viviparus cumingi | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | ||||
Conus recluzianus 橘紅芋螺 | Conus recluzianus | 蝸牛與貝類 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | |||
Harpa harpa 艷美楊桃螺 | Harpa harpa | 蝸牛與貝類 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | |||
Duplicaria dussumierii 櫛筍螺 | Duplicaria dussumieri | 蝸牛與貝類 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | |||
Animalia 動物界 | Mimachlamys gloriosa | 1976 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | |||
Fusinus | Fusinus nipponicus | 蝸牛與貝類 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | |||
Fulgoraria rupestris 閃電渦螺 | Fulgoraria rupestris | 蝸牛與貝類 | 1979 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | ||
Ficus ficus 小枇杷螺 | Ficus ficus | 蝸牛與貝類 | 1935-7-25 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | ||
Murex 骨螺屬 | Murex pecton | 蝸牛與貝類 | 1973-3-20 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | ||
Conus ebraeus 斑芋螺 | Conus ebraeus | 蝸牛與貝類 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | |||
Dentalium octangulatum 稜象牙貝 | Dentalium octangulatum | 蝸牛與貝類 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | |||
Animalia 動物界 | Cinguloterebra triseriata | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | ||||
Conus miliaris 百萬芋螺 | Conus miliaris | 蝸牛與貝類 | 1982 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | ||
Animalia 動物界 | Notadusta hungerfordi | 1978 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | |||
Animalia 動物界 | Triplostephanus triseriatus | 1980 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | |||
Purpura persica 桃羅螺 | Purpura persica | 蝸牛與貝類 | 1935-7-25 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | ||
Morum cancellatum 方格皺螺 | Morum cancellatum | 蝸牛與貝類 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | |||
Animalia 動物界 | Lymnaea swinhoei | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | ||||
Animalia 動物界 | Semisulcospira tenuisulcata | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | ||||
Umbonium 蟲昌螺屬 | Umbonium moniliforum | 蝸牛與貝類 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | |||
Animalia 動物界 | Leporicypraea mappa | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | ||||
Conus | Conus chaldaeus | 蝸牛與貝類 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks | |||
Conus australis 長芋螺 | Conus australis | 蝸牛與貝類 | 1980-2 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Mollusks |