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BMSM Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum

Citation

Leal J, Godwin J (2021). BMSM Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum. Version 1.33. Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/49s45k accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-27.

Description

Part of The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum's mission is to promote collection-based research on shells and mollusks, with emphasis on Southwest Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. The Shell Museum assists scholars and citizen scientists from around the world by answering questions, providing interlibrary loans, and by offering both physical and Web access to our extensive shell collection, when needed. Our Science Director, Dr. José H. Leal, is a leading malacologist and also the Editor-in-Chief of The Nautilus, a peer-reviewed journal publishing articles on diverse aspects of the biology, ecology, and systematics of mollusks.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

  1. Gastropoda
    rank: class
  2. Polyplacophora
    rank: class
  3. Bivalvia
    rank: class
  4. Scaphopoda
    rank: class
  5. Cephalopoda
    rank: class
  6. Mollusca
    common name: Mollusks rank: phylum

Geographic Coverages

Southwest Florida, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, western Atlantic

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

José Leal
originator
position: Science Director & Curator
The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum
3075 Sanibel-Captiva Road
Sanibel
33957
Florida
US
Telephone: +01 (239) 395-2233
email: jleal@shellmuseum.org
homepage: http://www.shellmuseum.org
Jessica Godwin
metadata author
position: Collection Associate
The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum
3075 Sanibel-Captiva Road
Sanibel
33957
Florida
US
Telephone: +01 (239) 395-2233
email: jgodwin@shellmuseum.org
homepage: https://www.shellmuseum.org
Joanna McCaffrey
programmer
position: Biodiversity Informatics Manager
iDigBio
US
email: jmccaffrey@flmnh.ufl.edu
José Leal
administrative point of contact
position: Science Director & Curator
The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum
3075 Sanibel-Captiva Road
Sanibel
33957
Florida
US
Telephone: +01 (239) 395-2233
email: jleal@shellmuseum.org
homepage: http://www.shellmuseum.org
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