Global InformationShellfish Museum of Rankoshi information
| Shellfish Museum of Rankoshi | |
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蘭越町貝の館 | |
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| Address | 1401 Minato-machi |
| Town or city | Rankoshi, Hokkaidō |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 42°52′51″N 140°22′13″E / 42.880720°N 140.370275°E |
| Opened | 29 July 1991 |
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The Shellfish Museum of Rankoshi (蘭越町貝の館, Rankoshi-chō Kai no Yakata) is a museum dedicated to the shellfish of the world in Rankoshi, Hokkaidō, Japan. Ammonites and other aquatic molluscs from Hokkaidō's fossil record are also exhibited. Comprising two buildings, the first opened in 1991 and the second in 1994.[1] In 2017, the Shellfish Museum of Rankoshi together with the University of Toyama announced the discovery of a new species of clione.[2]
- ^ 貝の館概要 [Outline of the Shellfish Museum] (in Japanese). Shellfish Museum of Rankoshi. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ "New species of sea angel discovered off Toyama". Mainichi Shimbun. 13 October 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2019.