Malacology - Florida Museum of Natural History

佛罗里达自然博物馆的软体动物学收藏 历史包括超过250，000块土地，主要是新世界 淡水和陆地软体动物。 这一收藏增长迅速 在过去的十年中，通过整合几个大型和 重要的“孤儿”收藏品，被其他人遗弃 大学博物馆和私人收藏家 弗雷德博士 收藏馆馆长汤普森建议增加159件标本 所有这些都将被安装在一个 压实机系统，最近从博物馆的 考古部呼叫软体动物学 这一转变使47%的 分配给Malacology的区域，所要求的橱柜将 提供大约10年的扩展空间， 允许无延迟地捕获孤立集合。 拟议项目将促进增长和改善 一个重要的自然历史收藏。 的研究人员 系统生物学、生态学、种群生物学和许多其他 这些领域将受益于这些提高的可及性， 研究收藏。

The Malacology Collection in the Florida Museum of Natural History includes more than 250,000 lots, principally New World freshwater and land mollusks. This collection has grown rapidly during the past decade through integration of several large and important "orphaned" collections, abandoned by other universities, museums, and private collectors. Dr. Fred Thompson, Curator of the collection, proposes to add 159 specimen cabinets to the collection, all of which would be mounted on a compactor system that was recently shifted from the Museum's Archeology Department to Malacology. This shift has added 47% to the area allocated to Malacology, and the requested cabinets will provide expansion space for approximately 10 years and will allow orphaned collections to be captured without delay. The proposed project will enhance the growth and improvement of an important natural history collection. Researchers in systematic biology, ecology, population biology, and many other fields will benefit from the heightened accessibility of these research collections.