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List of shells collected by Edgar Alexander Mearns, 1876-1896

by: Mearns, Edgar Alexander 1856-1916

Publication date: 1876

Topics: Invertebrates, Mollusks, United States, New York, Ohio, Minnesota, Virginia, Fort Myer, Circleville, Highland Falls

Collection: biodiversity; sifieldbooks

Contributor: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Language: English

Each page of this unbound notebook lists a species of shell (mollusk) under which collections of that species are recorded. Mearns collected these specimens between 1876 and 1891. Recorded is the locality and date of the collection and repository to which it was sent. These notes were likely compiled from field notes of several different trips. Localities include Fort Snelling, New York; Highland Falls, New York; Fort Myer, Virginia; Circleville, Ohio; and other localities

Abstract: Each page of this unbound notebook lists a species of shell (mollusk) under which collections of that species are recorded. Mearns collected these specimens between 1876 and 1891. Recorded is the locality and date of the collection and repository to which it was sent. These notes were likely compiled from field notes of several different trips. Localities include Fort Snelling, New York; Highland Falls, New York; Fort Myer, Virginia; Circleville, Ohio; and other localities.