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馆是美国和世界上最大、最重要的单一生物收藏馆之一。从本质上讲，来自世界各地的所有软体动物群都在这个集合中有代表，而在软体动物学中进行彻底的系统研究几乎总是需要参考这个集合中的标本。馆藏标本40多万件，标本1030万件，其中模式标本11700件。目前正在进行三个主要的策展项目：计算机编目和加入作为礼物获得的贝壳，孤儿收藏和研究收藏；酒精保存标本的分类、鉴定、编目和入库；并完成了一个电脑化的模式标本目录。这些策展项目将大大提高藏品的研究影响力。来访的科学家将能更全面地接触到重要的材料，来自世界各地的孔雀学家将对科学院的藏品有更清晰的了解。在系统学、进化生物学、生态学和环境管理方面的研究将通过这些努力得到加强。

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.