Dear Paolo -

There are MANY online listings and/or databases of type specimens.

Our types are accessed like normal specimens. Go to www.sbcollections.org, use the Advanced Search and select "All Types." One can delimit by phyla, family, etc. by typing in the appropriate name (e.g. Mollusca) into the Taxonomy box. In our collection, all invertebrate phyla are included, not just mollusks. In some cases, we have images along with the type data.

A quick example of other institutions includes the following. This is only a SMALL example of what is available.

The American Museum: http://research.amnh.org/invertzoo/types_db/

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: http://ip.nhm.org/nhmsearch/findlots.php

The Academy of Natural Sciences,Philadelphia: http://erato.acnatsci.org/databases/index.php

Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris: http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/foffice/science/science/ColEtBd/collectionsMuseum/collectionSci.xsp


There are literally dozens (hundreds?) of institutions with type information online.

Cheers -

Paul

Paul Valentich-Scott, Curator of Malacology
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
2559 Puesta del Sol Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93105 USA
805-682-4711, ext. 146
805-563-0574 (fax)
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www.sbnature.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Paolo G. Albano [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 5:54 AM
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Subject: Databse of type specimens

Hello Conch-lers,

does anyone know if there are websites of institutions
containing databases of type specimens of molluscs?

Also any suggestion of databases of other phyla or
ongoing projects on this subject would be of interest.

Thank you,
Paolo

Paolo G. ALBANO
Bologna, ITALY
Webmaster of Società Italiana di Malacologia website at http://www.sim-online.it

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