Malacology Collection (BISH-MAL)

Collection Size: Approximately 6,000,000 specimens in over 248,000 lots (9th largest mollusk collection in the U.S.).

Collection History: The first conchological acquisition of the Bishop Museum was the Andrew Garrett collection, purchased in 1894. HihiwaiThe subsequent history of the collection is largely a history of numerous expeditions and field trips in the Pacific, and of the acquisition of more than 30 major private collections, containing predominantly Pacific material. Most notable in the marine collection is the acquisition between 1948 and 1963 of the Thaanum-Langford collection, consisting of approximately 160,000 specimens from all over the Pacific.
Contacts: Norine Yeung, nyeung@hawaii.edu
Collection Type: Observations
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: ea3ca096-8cb8-4382-b802-e605a619dcc8
Digital Metadata: EML File
Rights Holder: Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Access Rights: not-for-profit use only
Address:
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
Herbarium Pacificum
1525 Bernice Street
Honolulu, HI   96817
United States
808 847-3511
Collection Statistics
  • 0 specimen records
  • 0 georeferenced
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