OCCURRENCE

Mayborn Museum Bivalves Collection at Baylor University

Latest version published by Baylor University, Mayborn Museum Complex on 5 April 2022 Baylor University, Mayborn Museum Complex
The Bivalves Collection at the Mayborn Museum Complex consists of over 11,000 bivalves collected over a 90 year period, with more than 90% of the specimens from Texas localities. Notable specimens in the museum’s holdings include a Lampsilis satura collected in Louisiana in 1899.
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How to cite

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Baylor University, Mayborn Museum Complex (BUMMC) Bivalves Collection

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GBIF Registration

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Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen

Contacts

Who created the resource:

Tom Andrews
Collections Assistant
Mayborn Museum
US
https://www.baylor.edu/mayborn/

Who can answer questions about the resource:

Anita Benedict
Collections Manager
Mayborn Museum
US
https://www.baylor.edu/mayborn/
Tom Andrews
Collections Assistant
Mayborn Museum
https://www.baylor.edu/mayborn/

Who filled in the metadata:

Tom Andrews
Collections Assistant
Mayborn Museum
US
https://www.baylor.edu/mayborn/

Who else was associated with the resource:

Programmer
David Bloom
VertNet Coordinator
http://www.vertnet.org
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John Wieczorek
Information Architect
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Geographic Coverage

Global coverage, with emphasis on Texas, United States.

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Class  Bivalvia