Fabio,
Thanks for the link. That's quite interesting.
Aydin
http://snailstales.blogspot.com
On Fri, 28 May 2010 10:20:02 -0500, Fabio Moretzsohn <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Dear Conch-lers
>
>I received the announcement below from Dr. David Reid, Natural History
>Museum, London. If you have any comments to the Curator of Zoological
>Collections, The Linnaean Society, London (and collections manager of
>Higher Invertebrates, Natural History Museum), Ms. Kathie Way, (say,
>to congratulate her for this great achievement), her email is:
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>The direct link to the collection of mollusks in the Linnaean
>collection is: http://www.linnean-online.org/view/shells/shells.html
>
>Enjoy it!
>
>Fabio M.
>
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>
>"On May 24th 2010 the Linnean Society of London launched online the
>digitised images of the shell collection of the great Swedish
>naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778).
>
>The 3,054 new images represent the molluscan specimens held in the
>Linnean Society�s strongroom collection. All major worldwide groups
>are represented, the coverage reflecting the stage of exploration that
>had been reached in the early 19th century; today of course, Linnaeus�
>species represent only a portion of the recent mollusc fauna now known
>but as the basis of all shell nomenclature the Linnaean specimens are
>invaluable to researchers across the globe. Molluscan taxonomy is in a
>constant state of revision and work continues on interpreting the
>Linnean collections.
>
>The collection also includes specimens from the collection of the
>Society�s founder and first President, Sir James Edward Smith
>(1759-1828) who purchased Linnaeus� collection in 1784 and added his
>own to it.
>
>Each specimen is digitally imaged by specialist scientific
>photographers at the Natural History Museum in London resulting in
>images of superb quality. Each image can be viewed in detail using the
>integrated FSI (Flash based single source image viewer). Access to the
>system is through the Linnean Society website and can be found at
>www.linnean.org under �Linnaean Collections Online�.
>
>Supporting taxonomic data, including significant citations, lectotype
>designations etc. are being prepared by Kathie Way of the Natural
>History Museum, London who is also the Honorary Curator of the
>Society�s Linnaean Zoological Collections. Later this year this
>dataset will be added to the Society�s Repository, developed and
>hosted by the University of London Computer Centre (ULCC).
>
>The launch of the digitised images of the shells follows the
>successful on-line launch in 2007 of the 14,300 Linnaean plant
>specimens, the 168 fish specimens, the Lepidoptera (butterflies and
>moths) in 2008 and the Hymenoptera images in 2009. These images have
>already been accessed from over 45 countries worldwide, underlining
>their significance as a key resource for taxonomic research.
>
>The President of the Linnean Society Dr Vaughan Southgate says that
>�the launch of the Shell images provides access to a further group of
>specimens from the Society�s unique collections, previously only
>available to those who could visit the Society�s rooms in London. The
>image quality is such that few will need to handle the priceless
>specimens to obtain the information they seek�.
>
>Kathie Way comments �I have been encouraged in this project by the
>very positive reactions I have received from molluscan researchers
>worldwide to whom I have mentioned its development. At this launch
>stage the site will consist of images of all the Linnaean material
>held in the strongroom at Burlington House, London, together with
>links to the label data prepared by Peter Dance when he curated the
>collection for his seminal paper on this historic material. The site
>will be a "work in progress" for some time to come and I hope to add a
>large tranche of data detailing primary citations, lectotype/neotype
>designations etc. before the end of 2010. I hope I have already
>captured most of the major theses on the Linnaean types but I would be
>very grateful if researchers would let me have any references which
>include diagnostic work specifically on the Linnaean shells together
>with feedback on any ways in which the site can be made more useful�.
>
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>Fabio Moretzsohn, Ph.D.
>Assistant Research Scientist
>Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies
>Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
>6300 Ocean Drive, Unit 5869, Corpus Christi, TX 78412-5869
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