NCSM Mollusks Collection

Ben Norton

doi:doi:10.15468/unormg

NCSM Mollusks Collection

Citation

Norton B (2017). NCSM Mollusks Collection. North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences. Occurrence Dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/unormg accessed via GBIF.org on 2017-10-23.

Description

The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences’ Mollusks Collection is comprised of over half a million specimens that are 83% freshwater species (mussels, fingernail clams and snails), 10% marine species and 7% terrestrial species (snails).

Taxonomic Coverages

Animalia
rank: kingdom
Mollusca
rank: phylum
Chordata
rank: phylum
Arthropoda
rank: phylum

Geographic Coverages

Global coverage spanning at least 94 countries

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Ben Norton
originator
position: Head of Technology
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh
27601
NC
US
Telephone: 919.707.9947
email: ben.norton@naturalsciences.org
homepage: http://naturalsciences.org/staff/ben-norton

Ben Norton
metadata author
position: Head of Technology
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh
27601
NC
US
Telephone: 919.707.9947
email: ben.norton@naturalsciences.org
homepage: http://naturalsciences.org/staff/ben-norton

Art Bogan
curator
position: Research Curator of Mollusks
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh
27601
NC
US
Telephone: 919-707-8863
email: art.bogan@naturalsciences.org
homepage: http://naturalsciences.org/staff/arthur-bogan

David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Programmer
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org

David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org

John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu

Jamie Smith
administrative point of contact
position: Collections Manager of Mollusks
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh
27601
NC
US
Telephone: 919-707-8869
email: jamie.smith@naturalsciences.org
homepage: http://naturalsciences.org/staff/jamie-smith