Illinois Natural History Survey - Mollusk Collection
GBIF
Dataset type
This dataset that contains primary occurrence data for species.
Description
<p>The Illinois Natural History Survey Mollusk Collection is global in scope with over 135 countries represented and contains over 509,000 catalogued specimens in over 90,000 lots.
The collection is strong in freshwater mussels (Unionoida), freshwater and terrestrial snails from the Midwestern U.S. and cone shells (Conoidea). We also have strong holdings of freshwater bivalves and gastropods from the Southeastern U.S., Central,&nbsp;and South America. The collection is 57% bivalves, 41% gastropods, 2% other; 67% freshwater; 20% marine or brackish; 13% terrestrial.
Many of the specimens were collected as a result of various faunal surveys conducted by INHS biologists from the late 1800s until the present. The early collections were made by such naturalists as John Wesley Powell, Robert Kennicott, Frank C. Baker, Richard E. Call, Anson A. Hinkley, Max Matteson, and William Starrett. The largest and best documented collection of land snails at the INHS was compiled by Thural D. Foster and organized by Frank C. Baker as part of his study on the &ldquo;Fieldbook of Illinois Land Snails&rdquo; published in 1939. The Baker snail collection numbers 1632 lots containing 11,970 specimens.</p>
Type of content
Includes: Point occurrence data, gbif import.Citation
Illinois Natural History Survey (2025). Illinois Natural History Survey - Mollusk Collection. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/cu4scd accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-02-27.
Digitised records
Looking up... the number of records that can be accessed through the BioAtlas - Atlas bioraznolikosti Hrvatske. This resource was last checked for updated data on 27 Feb 2025. The most recent data was published on 06 Nov 2024.
Metadata last updated on 2025-02-27 19:08:13.0
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