LACM Malacology
GBIF
Dataset type
This dataset that contains primary occurrence data for species.
Description
<p>The James H. McLean Mollusk Collection of the LACM Malacology Department is one of the largest recent mollusk collections in North America and the world … and is the largest of its kind on the Pacific Rim. The collection is predominantly dry material with lesser amounts of wet preserved specimens and includes material from all molluscan classes. It is worldwide in scope with an emphasis on the eastern Pacific Ocean (arctic Alaska to southern Chile) and includes an estimated 500,000 lots containing approximately 4.5 million specimens. Over 120,000 lots have been electronically captured, which includes over 2,300 type lots. Renowned acquired collections include those from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Alan Hancock Foundation at the University of Southern California (USC).</p>
Type of content
Includes: Point occurrence data, gbif import.Citation
Groves L, Mertz W (2024). LACM Malacology. Version 1.17. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/xxm2eb accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-02-21.
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 21 Feb 2025. The most recent data was published on 15 Nov 2024.
Metadata last updated on 2025-02-21 16:45:52.0