Elwood Curtin Zimmerman across 21 islands, February – October 1934

February – October 1934 · 248 days, 97 of them collecting · 21 islands

All 1,714 specimens Every record on the map 1,650 photographed

EZCollectorElwood Curtin Zimmerman · 1912–2004

Specimens: 1,714
Stops: 56
Names: 192
Types: 92
With images: 1,650
Km between stops: 12,587
Companions: 8
Departments: 3

15 February 1934

Day 1 of 248 · under way

Each numbered point is a stop: a run of days spent within about ten kilometres. The route between stops is drawn straight; the real course went by sea, by road or on foot. Hollow-looking stops are placed at the centre of an island whose labels carry no coordinates.

2 specimens, 2 names
Blackburnia 1, Neseis nitida 1
The specimens from 15 Feb →
26 specimens, 13 names
Partula otaheitana 10, Partulina hyalina 4, Succinea 2
The specimens from 3 Mar–13 Mar →
28 specimens, 8 names
Partula otaheitana sinistrorsa 8, Partula otaheitana affinis 6, Partula otaheitana rubescens 4
The specimens from 29 Mar–1 Apr →
1 specimens, 1 name
Atylana torcular 1
The specimens from 9 Apr →
1 specimens, 1 name
Aglycyderidae 1
The specimens from 29 Apr →
7 specimens, 3 names
Partula otaheitana sinistrorsa 5, Partula clara 1, Partulina hyalina 1
The specimens from 4 May →
29 specimens, 9 names
Partulina hyalina 7, Trochonanina conula 6, Partula otaheitana 6
The specimens from 7 May →
1 specimens, 1 name
Paralyricen tephrias 1
The specimens from 9 May →
12 specimens, 8 names
Lamellidea 3, Opeas 2, Lamellidea oblonga 2
The specimens from 12 May →
18 specimens, 9 names
Truncatella 4, Opeas 3, Orobophana colorata 3
The specimens from 13 May →
16 specimens, 7 names
Lamellidea oblonga 3, Gastrocopta pediculus 3, Lamellidea 3
The specimens from 16 May →
1 specimens, 1 name
Delphacodes choroebus 1
The specimens from 25 May →
15 specimens, 5 names
Lamellidea 6, Tornatellides simplex 4, Lamellidea oblonga 3
The specimens from 1 Jun →
1 specimens, 1 name
Nesolyncides io 1
The specimens from 2 Jun →
1 specimens, 1 name · placed by island
Taeniophyllum fasciola 1
The specimens from 4 Jun →
26 specimens, 11 names
Philonesia mangarevae 11, Lamellidea 4, Elasmias 2
The specimens from 6 Jun–7 Jun →
1 specimens, 1 name
Atylana 1
The specimens from 13 Jun →
97 specimens, 8 names
Lamellidea 65, Elasmias 9, Pupisoma 7
The specimens from 16 Jun–21 Jun →
41 specimens, 6 names · placed by island
Lamellidea 29, Tornatellides 4, Pupisoma 3
The specimens from 22 Jun →
1 specimens, 1 name · placed by island
Agave 1
The specimens from 26 Jun →
36 specimens, 14 names
Mollusca 7, Nesopupa 5, Microcystis 4
The specimens from 2 Jul–4 Jul →
7 specimens, 5 names · placed by island
Cyclospermum leptophyllum 2, Pandanus tectorius 2, Acrostichum aureum 1
The specimens from 5 Jul →
29 specimens, 10 names
Microcystis ornatella 5, Pleuropoma 5, Strobilus 5
The specimens from 6 Jul–9 Jul →
1 specimens, 1 name · placed by island
Oparanthus rapensis 1
The specimens from 10 Jul →
1 specimens, 1 name
Atylana tormina 1
The specimens from 12 Jul →
5 specimens, 4 names
Mollusca 2, Lamellovum 1, Nesosydne soracte 1
The specimens from 15 Jul →
2 specimens, 2 names · placed by island
Palhinhaea cernua 1, Trachoma 1
The specimens from 16 Jul →
2 specimens, 2 names
Nesosydne otus 1, Nesosydne panthus 1
The specimens from 18 Jul →
4 specimens, 4 names · placed by island
Nesosydne sophonisba 1, Oberonia equitans 1, Psychotria rapensis 1
The specimens from 20 Jul →
35 specimens, 8 names
Pukunia acuta 8, Microcystis perahui 8, Mollusca 8
The specimens from 21 Jul →
2 specimens, 1 name
Lamellidea 2
The specimens from 22 Jul →
80 specimens, 16 names
Microcystis 13, Thaumatodon 12, Omphalotropis 11
The specimens from 23 Jul–29 Jul →
13 specimens, 3 names · placed by island
Pandanus tectorius 10, Erythrina variegata 2, Talipariti tiliaceum 1
The specimens from 31 Jul →
25 specimens, 13 names
Trochonanina 6, Elasmias 4, Pleuropoma 3
The specimens from 3 Aug →
2 specimens, 2 names · placed by island
Atylana vesontio 1, Kalanchoe pinnata 1
The specimens from 5 Aug →
79 specimens, 24 names
Lamellidea 17, Partula oreas 10, Microcystis 10
The specimens from 6 Aug–14 Aug →
95 specimens, 22 names
Lamellidea 22, Microcystis 14, Pleuropoma 12
The specimens from 15 Aug–23 Aug →
4 specimens, 4 names · placed by island
Alpinia zerumbet 1, Atylana parmenides 1, Atylana urania 1
The specimens from 24 Aug →
33 specimens, 13 names
Elasmias amphodon 6, Lamprocystis 5, Partulina hyalina 4
The specimens from 25 Aug–26 Aug →
1 specimens, 1 name
Lallemandana australis 1
The specimens from 27 Aug →
38 specimens, 10 names
Elasmias 12, Lamellidea 9, Partulina hyalina 5
The specimens from 28 Aug–31 Aug →
18 specimens, 5 names
Lamellidea 11, Elasmias 3, Partulina hyalina 2
The specimens from 4 Sep →
4 specimens, 2 names
Lamellidea 3, Gastrocopta pediculus 1
The specimens from 6 Sep →
216 specimens, 33 names
Partula otaheitana rubescens 32, Succinea 30, Lamellidea 24
The specimens from 12 Sep–16 Sep →
10 specimens, 8 names
Lamellidea 2, Liardetia 2, Mollusca 1
The specimens from 22 Sep →
1 specimens, 1 name · placed by island
Decalobanthus peltatus 1
The specimens from 23 Sep →
7 specimens, 6 names
Lamellidea 2, Gastrocopta lyonsiana 1, Opeas 1
The specimens from 24 Sep →
3 specimens, 3 names
Atylana melissa 1, Nesosydne remmius 1, Oteana eurynome 1
The specimens from 25 Sep →
141 specimens, 22 names
Lamellidea 23, Partula mirabilis 15, Tornatellides 14
The specimens from 26 Sep–28 Sep →
217 specimens, 27 names
Partula rosea 31, Lamellidea 29, Partula varia 20
The specimens from 30 Sep–3 Oct →
2 specimens, 2 names
Nisitra nitida 1, Platyptyelus 1
The specimens from 5 Oct →
51 specimens, 16 names
Partula 9, Trochomorpha trochiformis 8, Georissa 7
The specimens from 6 Oct–8 Oct →
49 specimens, 12 names · placed by island
Lamellidea 14, Omphalotropis 9, Orobophana 8
The specimens from 9 Oct →
107 specimens, 19 names
Partula 13, Trochonanina 11, Pleuropoma 11
The specimens from 10 Oct–11 Oct →
65 specimens, 16 names
Partula lutea 18, Lamellidea 10, Omphalotropis 8
The specimens from 13 Oct →
4 specimens, 3 names
Auriculella 2, Achatinella 1, Succinea rotundata 1
The specimens from 20 Oct →

What came home

The names most often on the labels of this journey; the families: Achatinellidae 602, Partulidae 266, Euconulidae 187, Helicinidae 89, Assimineidae 70, Urocyclidae 63.

From the field

Partula taeniata elongata

Trochomorpha

Partula rosea

All 1,650 photographed specimens →

Other journeys by Zimmerman

Who was there

People whose own labels put them in the same places on the same days.

DA
Donald AndersonDonald Anderson
64 shared days · their side of the journey
ME
Mangarevan Expedition
64 shared days · their side of the journey
KY
Kondo {Yoshio}
40 shared days · their side of the journey
CJ
C.H. Cooke {=Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
38 shared days · their side of the journey
CI
Charles Montague Cooke {Jr.} III
31 shared days · their side of the journey
YK
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
19 shared days · their side of the journey
ZC
Zimmerman {Elwood C.}
18 shared days · their side of the journey
SH
St. John {Harold}
17 shared days · their side of the journey

Now held in

Islands

Countries

About this reconstruction

This journey is read straight off the specimen labels: every record by Elwood Curtin Zimmerman dated between February – October 1934, grouped into stops by place and date. Nothing here was typed in by hand; it is rebuilt whenever the records improve.

Cite as: Bishop Museum Explore. Elwood Curtin Zimmerman across 21 islands, February – October 1934. explore.bishopmuseum.org/expeditions/zimmerman-e-1934-02