Canadian Museum of Nature Mollusc Collection
Citation
Gagnon J, Torgersen J (2023). Canadian Museum of Nature Mollusc Collection. Version 1.40. Canadian Museum of Nature. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/esfi97 accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-10.Description
The Canadian Museum of Nature's Mollusc Collection is the largest, most comprehensive collection of molluscs in Canada. The museum's 165,000 lots are divided into two sections: dry shell collection and wet collection. Overall, the collection represents more than 350 families, collected in over 12 countries and numerous oceans.Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
Global distribution- Freshwater, terrestrial and marine
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Jean-Marc Gagnonoriginator
position: Curator, Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Canadian Museum of Nature
Ottawa
Ontario
CA
Telephone: 1-613-364-4066
email: jmgagnon@nature.ca
homepage: https://nature.ca/en/research-collections/science-experts/jean-marc-gagnon
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2778-4215
John Torgersen
metadata author
position: Assistant Collections Information Manager
Canadian Museum of Nature
Ottawa
Ontario
CA
email: jtorgersen@nature.ca
Jean-Marc Gagnon
curator
position: Curator, Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Canadian Museum of Nature
Ottawa
Ontario
CA
Telephone: 1-613-364-4066
email: jmgagnon@nature.ca
homepage: https://nature.ca/en/research-collections/science-experts/jean-marc-gagnon
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2778-4215
Jean-Marc Gagnon
administrative point of contact
position: Curator, Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Canadian Museum of Nature
Ottawa
Ontario
CA
Telephone: 1-613-364-4066
email: jmgagnon@nature.ca
homepage: https://nature.ca/en/research-collections/science-experts/jean-marc-gagnon
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2778-4215