Curation of Endangered Mollusk Collections at the Florida State Museum

佛罗里达州立博物馆最近获得了两个重要的最近软体动物收藏：托马斯·麦金蒂收藏和比尔-马尔比收藏。这两种生物都含有大量稀有的或来自环境混乱地区的标本，这些地区面临着进一步生物退化的威胁。这些藏品具有很强的代表性，来自美国和世界许多热带地区，涵盖了从海洋到淡水再到陆地的所有栖息地。此外，它们还包含许多模式标本，这些标本在过去40年里一直无法用于科学研究。该项目将资助两个新收藏品的管理，并将其纳入博物馆的软体动物收藏品，从而向研究人员、学生和其他感兴趣的人提供标本。将遵循当代的策展标准，有关标本的数据将被输入博物馆的电子编目系统。新获得的标本是美国研究和教育资源的重要补充。

The Florida State Museum has recently acquired two important collections of Recent mollusks: the Thomas McGinty Collection and the Beal-Maltbie Collection. Both contain numerous sets of specimens that are rare or come from environmentally disturbed areas which are threatened with further biological deterioration. The collections have strong representation of specimens from the United States and many tropical regions around the world and encompass all habitats from marine to freshwater to land. In addition, they contain many type specimens that have been unavailable to science for the last forty years. This project will fund the curation of the two new collections and their incorporation into the mollusk collection of the Museum, thus making the specimens available to researchers, students and other interested persons. Contemporary curatorial standards will be followed, and data about the specimens will be entered into the museum's electronic cataloguing system. The newly acquired specimens are an important addition to the research and educational resources of the United States.