Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences Conchology

Paige Langle

doi:10.15468/8uuxjw

Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences Conchology

Citation

Langle P (2022). Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences Conchology. Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/8uuxjw accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-16.

Description

With historical roots dating back to the early 1800’s, the Buffalo Museum of Science has had an eventful and rich journey into the present era of scientific exploration, research, and discovery. Our research collections are the records of this journey as they house artifacts and specimens that date back to our very beginnings and that span 5 different divisions of scientific study – Anthropology, Botany, Geology, Invertebrate Zoology, and Vertebrate Zoology. Through the years, we’ve seen our collections grow from just a handful of artifacts and natural specimens to now over 700,000, with the majority of these specimens being of local provenance. While we are considered a smaller institution on a national level, we proudly hold the most extensive cultural and natural record in the world of the Greater Niagara Region, and we continually strive to offer the members of our local community and to the scientific community at large access to these natural resources.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Additional info

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ and http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html

Taxonomic Coverages

Order Unionida, with representatives from Families Iridinidae, Mycetopodidae, Hyriidae, Margaritiferidae, & Unionidae. Taxonomic coverage is strongest within Family Unionidae, with representatives of Subfamilies Ambleminae, Gonideinae, Parreysiinae, & Unioninae.

Gastopoda
common name: Gastropods rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Specimens from the continents of Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. The collection is strongest in North American fauna.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Paige Langle
originator
position: Collections Manager - Zoology
Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences
1020 Humboldt Parkway
Buffalo
14211
New York
US
Telephone: (716) 896-5200 x378
email: plangle@sciencebuff.org
homepage: http://www.sciencebuff.org/site/index.php

Paige Langle
metadata author
position: Collections Manager - Zoology
Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences
1020 Humboldt Parkway
Buffalo
14211
New York
US
Telephone: (716) 896-5200 x378
email: plangle@sciencebuff.org
homepage: http://www.sciencebuff.org/site/index.php

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

John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
VertNet
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
homepage: http://vertnet.org/

Paige Langle
administrative point of contact
position: Collections Manager - Zoology
Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences
1020 Humboldt Parkway
Buffalo
14211
New York
US
Telephone: (716) 896-5200 x378
email: plangle@sciencebuff.org
homepage: http://www.sciencebuff.org/site/index.php

Kathryn Leacock
administrative point of contact
position: Deputy Director and Director of Collections
Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences
1020 Humboldt Parkway
Buffalo
14211
New York
US
Telephone: (716) 896-5200 x376
email: kleacock@sciencebuff.org
homepage: http://www.sciencebuff.org/site/index.php