LACM Malacology


Description :

 LACM Malacology

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).

Link GBIF portal : https://www.gbif.org/dataset/ec0ad39f-3370-4d51-a663-cb27abd2a6bb 

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Field

continental
marine

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Contacts

Type Organization Name
Fournisseur Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County GROVES Lindsey
Fournisseur Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County MERTZ William
Producteur Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County GROVES
Producteur Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County MERTZ
Fournisseur PATRINAT (OFB-MNHN-CNRS-IRD)

Publication dates :

First diffusion : 09/04/2021 
Last update : 14/03/2023  

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Chiffres clés :

 236 données 
 101 espèces 
 101 taxons 

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