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NCSM Mollusk Collection

Dataset homepage

Citation

Norton B, Smith J, Bogan A (2022). NCSM Mollusk Collection. Version 1.12. North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.36102/dwc.7 accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-16.

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).

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

  1. Animalia
    rank: kingdom
  2. Mollusca
    rank: phylum
  3. 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: https://naturalsciences.org/staff/ben-norton
userId: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=mbnorton
Jamie Smith
originator
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
Art Bogan
originator
position: Research Curator, Mollusks
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh
27601
NC
US
Telephone: 919.707.8863
email: arthur.bogan@naturalsciences.org
homepage: https://naturalsciences.org/staff/arthur-bogan
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: https://naturalsciences.org/staff/ben-norton
userId: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=mbnorton
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
Laura Russell
programmer
position: VertNet Programmer
VertNet
email: larussell@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
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