Rehousing an Essential Land Snail Collection Resource

该项目将允许檀香山的主教博物馆将其软体动物收藏保存并重新安置在新的金属储藏柜中。这个标本收藏(240,000个拍品中的600万个标本，包括900个全息模式和24,000个其他类型)以太平洋陆地蜗牛为主，在美国排名第九。三分之二的陆地蜗牛标本在标本中有相关的酒精保存的软体部分。该项目源于1987年的一份保育报告，该报告建议1)将所有陆地蜗牛标本托盘更换为无酸单元托盘和/或聚苯乙烯盒，2)将所有木柜和抽屉更换为金属夹具，以及3)移除存储区域内和周围的所有纸板箱。主教通过安装几个窗户空调装置来控制温度和湿度的波动。重新安置这些收藏不仅将保护这一国际研究资源，而且将使其更容易用于软体动物生物学的教育和研究。

This project will allow Bishop Museum in Honolulu to conserve and rehouse its mollusk collection in new metal storage cabinets. This collection (6 million specimens in 240,000 lots, including 900 holotypes and 24,000 other types) is dominated by Pacific land snails, and ranks as the ninth largest mollusk collection in the U.S. Two-thirds of the land snail specimens have associated alcohol-preserved soft parts in the collection. The project follows from a 1987 conservator's report that recommended 1) replacing all land snail specimen trays with acid- free unit trays and/or polystyrene boxes, 2) replacing all wooden cabinets and drawers with metal fixtures, and 3) removing all cardboard boxes in and around the storage area. Temperature and humidity fluctuations have been controlled by the Bishop by installing several window air conditioning units. Rehousing of this collection will not only conserve this international research resource, but will make it much more accessible for education and research in the biology of mollusks.