Paul and Paolo and other conchLers, Won't it be great if there was one site that looked through all the museums websites and listed types and other material that is available in every institution. Sure would make searching for material easier... Allen Aigen [log in to unmask] -- Paul Valentich-Scott <[log in to unmask]> wrote: 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) [log in to unmask] www.sbnature.org -----Original Message----- From: Paolo G. Albano [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 5:54 AM To: [log in to unmask] 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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs To leave this list, click on the following web link: http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1 Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and click leave the list. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs To leave this list, click on the following web link: http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1 Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and click leave the list. ----------------------------------------------------------------------