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Last Update: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 At: 19:41:56 (Total Listings: 6)

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Canadian Museum Of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature (NMC)- Ottawa, Ontario -Collection- "The Museum's Mollusc Collection is the largest, most comprehensive collection of molluscs in Canada. Our 126,000 lots are divided into three sections shell collection, wet collection and the cephalopod collection. Overall, it represents more than 350 families, collected in over 12 countries and numerous oceans. " Researcher, Malacology Dr. Andr Martel, Chief Collection Manager- Dr. Jean-Marc Gagnon -tel 613-364-4066 fax 613-364-4027 E-mail- jmgagnonmus-nature.ca --- Physical Locations- Victoria Memorial Museum Building (VMMB for Exhibits & Public Programs) - 240 McLeod Street (at Metcalfe Street)Ottawa, Ontario, Canada --- Postal Address- P.O. Box 3443, Station D Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1P 6P4
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Newfoundland Museum
Natural History Section, Government of Newfoundland and LabradorDepartment of Tourism, Culture and Recreation, Historic Resources Division - Street Location 285 Duckworth St., St. John's, NF A1C 1G9 - Mailing Address P.O. Box 8700, St. John's, NF, A1B 4J6 - Collection "Approximately 2,000 catalogued lots with an additional 5,000-plus uncatalogued. This collection of wet and dry recent mollusks, and Pleistocene subfossils is still in the early stages of development with very active collecting and cataloguing. Land, freshwater, and marine habitats are about equally represented, but our marine collections are now growing the fastest. The collecting area is essentially restricted to the Canadian Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, and its surrounding continental shelfslope waters to a depth of 4,000 m.

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The Royal British Columbia Museum
(BCPM) 675 Belleville Street, Victoria, British Columbia, CANADA, V8W 9W2 - (250) 356-RBCM (7226) or 1-888-447-7977 - Collection "The Royal BC Museum has about 500 lots of freshwater and terestrial molluscs, most are from BC. As well there a few thousand lots of marine molluscs. Significant contributions have been made from the estate of the late Dr Frank Bernard, and by Dr. Ian McTaggart-Cowan. Most of their donations are marine. The collections are in 60% isopropanol as well as dry lots.

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Royal Ontario Museum
(ROM)- 199 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario -tel 416-586-5859 fax (416) 586-5792 - Curator, Invertebrate Zoology Dale Calder Collections and database managers Maureen Zubowski and Don StaceyCollection Approximately 50,000 species lots with 300,00 specimens around 50% of the specimens are in unsorted field lots in the process of being identified. This is a major molluscan collection, with a focus on eastern Canada. About 75% of the material is freshwater and terrestrial, but there is a rich representation of marine species. More of our marine collection is now from worldwide origins rather than from Canadian waters.

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The Living Landscapes Project
Terrestrial Gastropods of the Columbia Basin, British Columbia "This report is part of the Living Landscapes Project (1997 to 1999), sponsored by the Royal BC Museum (RBCM) and the Columbia Basin Trust to study the natural and human history of the Columbia River Basin (also known as the Kootenays). "Robert G. Forsyth - Volunteer, Royal British Columbia Museum - 2574 Graham Street, Victoria, British Columbia,V8T 3Y7

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Atlantic Reference Centre (ARC) Huntsman Marine Science CenterSt. Anderws, New Brunswick, Canada E0G 2X0 UNB - "Approximately 5,000 lots of mollusks, with gastropods, pelecypods, and cephalopods representing about 30% each. Habitat coverage includes marine, estuarine, and freshwater areas within Atlantic Canada abd adjacent southern regions.
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