. Annual report. Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. COLLECTIONS Malacology Collection Receives Important Donations This war, liu- MCiZ's toUc-t lioii of 10 inillion shells was supplemented bv just oxer 1 (),()()() mollusk lots given to the Department of Malacolog)' b\ Ovven Gingerich, Domenick Nicolaci. Ck)n/alo (iiiibet and the famih of Joseph Cieorge Claud-Mantle. The Joseph C>eorge Claud-M;uide Collection was received injiuie 2011. It contiiins 5,200 shells representing almost 4,000 species acquiied between 1880 iuid 1930, including die ultimate raie and \ciluable seashel
. Annual report. Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. COLLECTIONS Malacology Collection Receives Important Donations This war, liu- MCiZ's toUc-t lioii of 10 inillion shells was supplemented bv just oxer 1 (),()()() mollusk lots given to the Department of Malacolog)' b\ Ovven Gingerich, Domenick Nicolaci. Ck)n/alo (iiiibet and the famih of Joseph Cieorge Claud-Mantle. The Joseph C>eorge Claud-M;uide Collection was received injiuie 2011. It contiiins 5,200 shells representing almost 4,000 species acquiied between 1880 iuid 1930, including die ultimate raie and \ciluable seashell, a sinisti"al siicred chajik sheW I rini)i)iella pyritm) from India. In 2008, Claud-Mande's gieat-gi-anddaughter Laura Ferrera and her cotisins Deborali Lasnier and Cind\ .\i endt began the fotu-x eai^ project to clean and document the collection, taking in\entor\' tising tiieii' great-gi"andfadier"s original logbooks and creating an electionic database ajid online photo gallery of the shells. According to Adam J. Baldinger, Curatorial Associate of Malacology, "It isn't tmtisual to receive collections from private collectors, but I have rareh seen a collection that was so diligendy catalogued. The collection's u ue value is scientific and lies in the precise way Claud-Mande recorded data aboiu each of his ; The exu emeh rare sinisu al, or left-handed chank, is revered as a religiotis object in Hindu temples, and it has been estimated diat diere are only three specimens in North America. In January 2012 a preriotislv unknown specimen was discovered in the Claud-Mande collection, and it became the subject of a paper b\- Baldinger and Edward Nieburger in American Conchologist. Additionallv 1,117 specimen lots were received from Domenick Nicolaci from North Dartmotuh, Massachtisetts. The collection contains specimens collected from arotmd the world and includes the rare golden form of the cowTie Zoila ftiendii from Australia and a rather large spec
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