RAMHSS: Sustaining Support for the Curation, Improvement, and Service Function of a Major Systematic Collection of Recent Mollusks

费城自然科学院的软体动物收藏是美国和世界上致力于单一生物群的最大和最重要的收藏之一。基本上，来自世界各地的所有软体动物群体都在这个收藏中，而对软体动物的全面系统研究几乎总是需要参考这个收藏中的标本。馆藏标本40多万件，标本1030万件，其中模式标本1.17万件。目前正在进行三个主要的策展项目：对作为礼物、孤儿收藏和研究收藏获得的贝壳进行计算机编目和编目；对酒精保存的标本进行分类、鉴定、编目和编目；完成模式标本的计算机化编目。这些策展项目将极大地提高藏品的研究效果。到访的科学家将有更完整的机会接触到重要的材料，来自世界各地的软体病学家将更清楚地了解学院的财产。通过这些努力，将加强在系统学、进化生物学、生态学和环境管理方面的研究。

The Mollusk Collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia is one of the largest and most significant collections in the United States and the world devoted to a single group of organisms. Essentially all groups of mollusks from around the world are represented in this collection, and thorough systematic research in malacology almost always requires reference to specimens in this collection. The collection includes more than 400,000 specimen lots, comprising 10.3 million specimens, of which 11,700 are type specimens. Three major curatorial projects are currently underway: computer cataloging and accessioning of shells obtained as gifts, orphaned collections, and research collections; sorting, identifying, cataloging and accessioning alcohol-preserved specimens; and completion of a computerized catalog of type specimens. These curatorial projects will improve greatly the research impact of the collection. Visiting scientists will have more complete access to important material, and malacologists from around the world will gain a clearer picture of the Academy's holdings. Research in systematics, evolutionary biology, ecology, and environmental management will be enhanced through these efforts.