Dear Ivan,
Around the year 2000, I was involved in an inventory of molluscan species collected over the period 1879-1884 by a Dutch research schooner (Willem Barents). They covered the Barents Sea. I may dig for the original data if you are interested. Nothing spectacular only a historic perspective.
The material is retained in Naturalis NCB, Leiden, the Netherlands
Best regards, Leon
Now I working a lot with the historical collection from the Barents Sea.
Of course, it will be interesting to see on old data, obtained during that expedition.
Dear Ivan, attached is a list of specimens I reviewed around 2000, most of them collected alive. I obtained permission to use this data from the original curator (Robert Moolenbeek). The list is an extract of the former museum files.
There were also old articles published in the 1880's till 1960's where more material is mentioned but that must have been lost over the years.
Let me know whether you need something more or when the data is used for public use.
best regards, Leon
