Museum Of New Zealand
(NMNZ)- Mollusc Collection - Te Papa Tongarewa, P.O. Box 467, Wellington, New Zealand - The Mollusca Collection at Te Papa is the largest and most comprehensive in the country and comprises about 335,000 sample lots and several million specimens. Its scope is worldwide, with its greatest strength in specimens from the New Zealand region, including the Kermadec Islands, Norfolk Island, the subantarctic islands, and the Antarctic. In the collection, there are more than 2900 named species from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and at least 1600 undescribed species from the region. Our collections of deep-sea and terrestrial species are particularly strong, and we hold one of the finest regional collections of cephalopoda - octopuses, squids, cuttlefish, and so on - in the world. It includes rich collections of deep-sea species, and parts and whole specimens of several giant squids. Most specimens are stored dry, but there are also thousands of sample lots stored in alcohol for use in anatomical and DNA research. ...

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New Zealand Marine Studies Centre
New Zealand Marine Studies CentreHatchery Road, Portobello, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin - "From seaweed and shellfish to sharks and seabirds, the marine environment of southern New Zealand is rich and diverse. The University of Otago's New Zealand Marine Studies Centre and Aquarium roll back the tide to introduce the secrets of the Southern Ocean to visitors. Peek inside a shark egg, shake hands with an octopus or look at plankton through the microscope. Touch tanks provide visitors with a "hands-on" experience and display tanks feature marine species of New Zealand's southern waters."

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The Auckland Museum Institute
- Conchology Section - Auckland Institute and Museum - Private Bag, Auckland 1, New ZealandCurator Dr. Bruce HaywardCollection "Large recent collections which are over 100 years old. The collection grew substantially under the 50 years of custodianship by Dr. A.W.B. Powell (1920s-1970s), who established one of the largest and most comprehensive mollusc collections in the southern hemisphere. The collections comprise approximately 150 000 specimen lots, including the largest collection of type molluscs (c.1600 holotypes) in New Zealand and possibly the most comprehensive collection anywhere of land snails form the SW Pacific Islands and New Zealand. Collections of Powell (Turridae) andChernohorsky (Mitridae and Nassariidae). Also included are approximately 20 000 New Zealand fossil mollusc lots including several hundred types.

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