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Name: |
Bivalvia -
Bivalves |
| Description: |
West-Palearctic
and tropical bivalves,
with emphasis on Mytilidae,
Pectinidae, Mactridae and Veneridae. Taxa: Arcoida, Myoida, Mytiloida,
Nuculoida, Ostreoida, Pholadomyoida, Pterioida, Solemyoida, Trigonioida,
Veneroida. |
| Contains: |
approx. 50000
specimens in 14812
lots, 2051 species,
contains type-material. |
| Collection type: |
photography,
preserved. |
| Objects in this
collection: |
entire organisms,
valves. |
| Preservation methods: |
alcohol and dry (untreated). |
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Gastropoda -
Gastropods (slugs and snails) |
| Description: |
Important collection
West-Palearctic
marine
gastropods
and micromollusks,
as well as a
representative
collection non-West-Palearctic
gastropods.
Representative collection of European land- en freshwater snails. Taxa:
Caenogastropoda, Cocculiniformia, Heterobranchia, Neritimorpha,
Opistobranchia, Patellogastropoda, Pulmonata, Vetigastropoda. |
| Contains: |
approx. 250000
specimens in 34695
lots, 6693 species,
contains type-material. |
| Collection type: |
photography,
preserved. |
| Objects in this
collection: |
entire organisms |
| Preservation methods: |
alcohol and dry (untreated). |
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Polyplacophora -
Chitons |
| Description: |
The Polyplacophora
collection
holds the private collection
of Frans J.A. Slieker,
author
of 'Chitons
of the World'
(2000) and is the second largest in
the Netherlands after the collection of the 'Nederlands Centrum voor
Biodiversiteit Naturalis
(Leiden)'.
Emphasis on West-Palearctic species. Taxa: Leptochitonidae,
Hanleyidae,
Mopaliidae, Ischnochitonidae,
Schizochitonidae,
Chitonidae, Cryptoplacidae,
Acanthochitonidae. |
| Contains: |
approx. 2000
specimens in 609
lots, 157 species. |
| Collection type: |
photography,
preserved. |
| Objects in this
collection: |
entire organisms,
valves |
| Preservation methods: |
alcohol, glycerine
and dry (untreated) |
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Scaphopoda -
Tusk shells |
| Description: |
Representative collection West-Palearctic scaphopoda. Small, but
representative collection of non-West-Palearctic species.
Taxa:
Gadilinidae, Dentaliidae, Fustiariidae,
Laevidentaliidae, Entalinidae, Pulsellidae, Gadalidae. |
| Contains: |
approx. 1600
specimens in 316
lots, 56 species. |
| Collection type: |
photography,
preserved. |
| Objects in this
collection: |
entire organisms. |
| Preservation methods: |
alcohol and dry
(untreated). |
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Cephalopoda -
Cuttlefish and Squids |
| Description: |
Small collection of West-Palearctic and non-West-Palearctic species.
Taxa:
Nautilida,
Octopoda, Sepiida, Spirulida, Teuthida. |
| Contains: |
approx. 400 exemplaren in 110
lots, 23 species. |
| Collection type: |
photography,
preserved. |
| Objects in this
collection: |
entire organisms. |
| Preservation methods: |
alcohol and dry
(untreated). |
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Name: |
Mollusks
miscellaneous (fossil) |
| Description: |
Important collections of
Eocene (Paris Basin),
Miocene
(Winterswijk, Miste,
Dingden)
and Pliocene/Pleistocene
mollusks (Westerschelde,
de Kaloot,
Antwerp Harbour). Taxa: Arcoida, Caenogastropoda, Cocculiniformia, Dentaliida, Gadilida,
Heterobranchia, Myoida, Mytiloida, Neritimorpha, Nuculoida, Opistobranchia,
Ostreoida, Patellogastropoda, Pholadomyoida, Pterioida, Pulmonata, Sepiida,
Veneroida, Vetigastropoda. |
| Contains: |
approx. 58000
specimens in 7926
lots, 1533 species, contains type-material. |
| Collection type: |
fossil |
| Objects in this
collection: |
- |
| Preservation methods: |
untreated. |
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Type-material |
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De collection contains 267
samples of type-materiaal, including 33 holotypes. An article regarding the
malacological type-material was published in Deinsea: Slieker, F.J.A., 1995. Catalogue of
molluscan type specimens in the Natuurmuseum Rotterdam (Mollusca: Gastropoda,
Bivalvia), Deinsea 2: 33-40.. |
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Holotype of
Pleurotomaria rumphii
Schepman, 1879. |
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Geografical distribution (number
of lots) |
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Europe: Netherlands (6127), Spain, incl.
Canary Islands (5761), France (5480), Italy (3042), Belgium (2856),
Portugal, incl. Madeira and Azores (1964), Malta (1687), Greece (1619),
United Kingdom (1388), Germany (1281), Norway (1269), Northern
Atlantic Ocean, dreggings (694), Croatia (498), Sweden (461),
Mediterranean (293), Cyprus (283), North Sea (278), Ireland and Irish Sea
(198), Austria (133), Denmark (110), Iceland (103), Switzerland (74),
Faroe Islands (56), Other (451).
Africa: South-Africa (885), Egypt (516), Tunesia (417), Senegal (402),
Madagascar (200), Morocco (180), Angola (168), Reunion (162), Cape Verde (154), Tanzania (151), Kenya (148), Eritrea (128),
Seychelles
(113), Mozambique (109), Mauritius (68), Algeria (48), Other (240).
Asia: Philippines (2452), Japan (1780),
Indonesia (1239), Taiwan (658), Turkey (527), India (508), Thailand (234),
Israel (155), Oman (134), Sri Lanka (119), Malaysia (113), Vietnam (77),
Saudi-Arabia (32), Russian Federation (26), Other (101).
Oceania: Australia (2465), New Zealand
(734), Solomon Islands (589), French Polynesia (164), Papua New Guinea
(133), New Caledonia (105), Fiji (50), Guam (47), Marshall Islands (28),
Other (38).
North America: United States (1813),
Mexico (846), Canada (188).
South America: Panama (558), Brazil (419),
Bahamas (222), Netherlands Antilles (221), Ecuador, incl. Galapagos
Archipelago (171), Aruba (143), Chile (135), Dominican Republic (111),
Venezuela (90), Argentina (81), Barbados (70), Uruguay (64), Martinique
(49), Peru (41), Colombia (39), Honduras (27), Puerto Rico (25), Guadeloupe
(23), Bermuda (22), Haiti (20), Jamaica (15), Other (28).
Antarctica: Antarctica (9).
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In 80% of the lots localities are provided with decimal
coordinates. |
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Origin ex collection (number of lots) |
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F.J.A. Slieker (11878), J. Trausel (10990),
J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis (6965), A.J. Karels (4524), W.J.H. Onverwagt (4259), A.W.
Janssen (3308), F.J. Janssen (1667), N.A.W. Balke (1279), A.J. Dogterom
(1188), Natuurmuseum Enschede (1061), Students RMNH (1013), W.F.A.
Guilonard (956), H. van Buren (806), G. van Roon (749), A. Slabber (591),
Rotterdamse Diergaarde (565), P. Schuijf (554), H.P.M.G. Menkhorst (511),
P.H.F. Bor (480), J.J. Vermeulen (427), J.A.W. Lucas (327), Rijks
Geologische Dienst (305).. |
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Taxonomic references: |
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Taxonomy within the phylum
Mollusca in the NMR collection database is primarily based on the following
taxonomic and faunistic references:
West-Palearctic
marine mollusks:
CLEMAM (Check List of the
European MArine Molluscs), a taxonomically oriented database of the marine
Mollusca of Europe and adjacent areas. A comprehensive coverage of the
species in the eastern Atlantic from 26°N to the North Pole, the Mid
Atlantic Ridge and the Mediterranean and Baltic Seas
West-Palearctic land-
en freshwater mollusks:
CLECOM (Check List of European
COntinental Mollusca).
Polyplacophora:
UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) F.J.A. Slieker (ed.).
National Museum of Natural History (Naturalis), Leiden, The Netherlands.
Scaphopoda:
UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) J. van der Land (ed.).
National Museum of Natural History (Naturalis), Leiden, The Netherlands
Bivalvia:
A checklist of Veneridae holdings at
the American Museum of Natural History.
Classification of Pectinoidea by H.H. Dijkstra.
Gastropoda:
A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living
Conidae by M. Filmer.
A Guide to Worldwide Cowries by F. Lorenz and A. Hubert.
A Master Index to Species Names in the Family Epitoniidae by B. Neville.
A revision of the recent European Patellidae.
The Patellidae of the Azores, Madeira, the Selvagens and the Canary Islands
by F.F.L.M. Titselaar.
Atlas of the Living Olive Shells of the World by E.J.
Petuch & D.M. Sargent
Bursidae
of the World by T.
Cossigniani.
Catalog of Recent and Fossil Turrids by J.K. Tucker
Living Terebras of the World by T. Bratcher & W.O.
Cernohorsky.
Manual of the Living Conidae by D. Röckel, W. Korn & A.J. Kohn.
Marginellas by R. Lipe.
Marginellidae and Cystiscidae of the World by T. Cossigniani.
Ranellidae & Personidae of the World by Th. Henning & J. Hemmen
The family Ficidae, Conchological
Iconography, by M. Verhaeghe & G.T. Poppe.
The family Harpidae, Conchological Iconography, by P.
Dance, G.T. Poppe & T. Brulet.
The family Strombidae, Conchological Iconography, by K.
Kreipl, G.T. Poppe, L.A. Man in't Veld & K. de Turck.
The family Haliotidae, Conchological Iconography, by D.Geiger
& G.T. Poppe.
Volutes by G.T. Poppe & Y.Goto.
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