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Führer durch das gräflich Dzieduszyckische Museum in Lemberg. 1896. Lemberg. 234 S.

Державний природознавчий музей НАН України, м. Львів
e-mail: gural@smnh.org, sverlova@pip-mollusca.org

Gural R.I., Gural-Sverlova N.V.
Scientific and educational potential of the malacological collection of the State Museum of
Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
The importance of the malacological collection of the State Museum of Natural History of the
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Lviv for the history and further development of
malacological research in Ukraine is considered. The scientific potential of stock malacological
materials, accumulated in the museum since the second half of the 19th century and significantly
supplemented during the last decades, was analyzed in temporal and geographical aspects, as well as
taking into account the taxonomic diversity and intraspecific conchological variability of the molluscs
of Ukraine, the presence of typical materials, etc. It was found that the main (scientific) part of the
malacological collection well represents the present land and freshwater mollusc fauna of Ukraine and
its western part. Not represented in the museum's malacological collection are still some species that
are mainly locally distributed in Ukraine and often have small sizes, which further complicates their
sampling. Among the more recent additions to the malacological collection, we can especially mention
the samples related to the study of the land mollusc fauna of the steppe zone of Ukraine, which remained
poorly studied until the end of the 20th and even the beginning of the 21st century, as well as to the shell
color and banding polymorphism in the Eastern European populations of two introduced species,
Cepaea nemoralis and C. hortensis. Among the auxiliary part of the malacological collection, a large
block of materials that can be used for exhibition purposes is selected. They allow demonstrating a wide
range of topics from the taxonomic and morphological diversity of molluscs of Ukraine and the world
to conchological adaptations. It can be useful when studying corresponding sections of a school biology
course, as well as for students of biological specialties, amateur naturalists, etc. Various forms of virtual
exhibiting allow to shown the public also numerous materials of the main (scientific) part of the
malacological collection, which became possible within the framework of the Educational online
program “Molluscs”. This allows us to talk about the gradual transformation of the main part of the
malacological collection from a classical scientific collection to a scientific and educational one with
virtual access.
Key words: museum collections, molluscs, Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Ukraine, exhibiting.