A short account of the Mollusk Collection of Museum of Science and Technology - PUCRS

Authors

  • Zilda Margarete Seixas de Lucena Curadora do Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32360/acmar.v49i0.6124

Keywords:

Mollusca, molluscan fauna, Rio Grande do Sul.

Abstract

The mollusks collection at the PUCRS Museum of Science and Technology has representatives of the classes Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Cephalopoda, Polyplacophora and Scaphopoda, mostly from the South of Brazil. The first two classes are the most heavily represented, comprising 96% of the catalogued lots. The collection comprises 10,650 lots and 164,674 specimens, and includes endemic, invasive and endangered species. An overview of the collection composition will be given.

Published

2017-02-13

Issue

Section

Artigos originais