Specimen Record

ContinentAsia
CountryJapan
LocalityMiyako, Ryukyu Islands
Institution CodeFmnh
Collection CodeInvertebrate Zoology
Catalog Number68621
Date Collected1953-04-02

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Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Invertebrate Collection
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Building on acquisitions since the Museum’s founding in 1894 and established in 1938, the Division of Invertebrates is in charge of all invertebrate groups except insects and other non-marine arthropods. The first curator of this Division was Fritz Haas, formerly of the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt, Germany. Haas (1938 - 1969) and his successor Alan Solem (1957 - 1990) built massive mollusk collections, particularly strong in unionid bivalves and terrestrial snails, reflecting their respective research interests. Current curator Rüdiger Bieler (1990 -) and curator emerita Janet Voight (1990 -) focus their research and collection-building on marine molluscan groups. The varied curatorial research interests, collecting efforts of collections managers (e.g., John Slapcinsky, Jochen Gerber, and Sean Keogh), acquisitions of private collections, and transfer or holdings from other institutions where they were underutilized, have resulted in one of the largest collections of its kind in the U.S..

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Name Sharon Grant
RoleTechnology Liaison to Science
Emailsgrant@fieldmuseum.org
Name Kate Webbink
RoleInformation Specialist
Emailnone
Name John D'Angelo
RoleCollections Assistant
Emailjdangelo@fieldmuseum.org
Name Sharon Grant
RoleTechnology Liaison to Science
Emailsgrant@fieldmuseum.org

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62a72ca2-b543-4272-a918-2fef8250257c. 68621. Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Invertebrate Collection. Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Invertebrate Collection. http://portal.idigbio.org/portal/recordsets/56879e73-bf9d-4bd9-a7a4-4f2f940d0f62. Accessed on June 2, 2026.
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