Role Title: Mollusca Curation Project Intern - Mitre Shells
Organisation: WA Museum
Internship Period: Summer (November - December)
Location: Welshpool
The Western Australian Museum is looking for passionate biologists to help us rehouse, register and arrange alcohol-preserved marine molluscs in the families Costellariidae and Mitridae. Newly registered specimens will contribute to the WA Museum Legacy Collection Project outcomes and images of putative new species will be incorporated into our OTU database.
The project will involve sorting through jars of bulk invertebrate wet-pit trap material and sorting specimens into taxonomic groups, using basic identification keys and light microscopy. Specimens identified to family- and/or genus-level and verified by collections staff will then need to be pinned for the entomology collection or separated into new jars of ethanol with appropriate labels. The intern will be expected to fill in a templated spreadsheet of specimens using Microsoft Excel.
The Western Australian Museum is the State’s premier cultural organisation, housing WA’s scientific and cultural collection. For over 120 years the Museum has been making the State's natural and social heritage accessible and engaging through research, exhibitions and public programs.