Corey Whisson

Technical Officer (Molluscs)

BSc. (Hons)

Contact

(08) 9212 3708 corey.whisson@museum.wa.gov.au

Corey has been a Technical Officer in the Mollusc Section of the Western Australian Museum for over 20 years. During this time, he has participated in many mollusc collecting fieldtrips. This has included numerous trawl and scuba diving expeditions along the WA coastline, as well as terrestrial expeditions across the large WA landscape. Corey is a recognised expert in the terrestrial and freshwater molluscs of Western Australia, having written many scientific papers and popular articles and compiled over 300 unpublished reports. He recently completed his MPhil on the taxonomy of the gondwanan land snail genus Bothriembryon. Corey is responsible for the day-to-day management of the State’s mollusc collection and associated databases. He also contributes to field expeditions, public outreach, and educational programs.

 

Websites


Marine Life of the Kimberley Region - museum.wa.gov.au/kimberley

Selected Publications

Corey’s full publication list can be found here.

2016-present

Morrison, H., Schneider, B. and Whisson, C. (2019). A new species of the genus Bothriembryon (Gastropoda: Bothriembryontidae) from the shire of Esperance, Western Australia. Conchylia 50 (1-4): 15–24.

Richards, Z.T., Garcia, R., Moore, G., Fromont, J., Kirkendale, L., Bryce, M., Bryce, C., Hara, A., Ritchie, J., Gomez, O., Whisson, C., Allen, M. and Wilson, N. (2019). A tropical Australian refuge for photosymbiotic benthic fauna. Coral Reefs 38: 669–676.

Whisson, C.S. (2019). Integrated conservation approach for the Australian land snail genus Bothriembryon Pilsbry, 1894: curation, taxonomy and palaeontology. Murdoch University Thesis: 1–107.

Whisson, C. and Ryan, H. (2019). Review of the fossil record of the Australian land snail genus Bothriembryon Pilsbry, 1894 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Bothriembryontidae): new distributional and geological data. Records of the Western Australian Museum 34: 38–50.

Kirkendale, L. and Whisson, C.S. (2018). Wheatbelt Bothriembryon. Landscope 34: 37.

Whisson C.S., Kirkendale, L. and Breure, A.S.H. (2018). Case 3748 - Bothriembryon Pilsbry, 1894 (Mollusca, Orthalicoidea, BOTHRIEMBRYONTIDAE): proposed conservation of the name by designation of Helix melo Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 as the type species of Liparus Albers, 1850. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 75: 44–48.

Richards, Z., Kirkendale, L., Moore, G., Hosie, A., Huisman, J., Bryce, M., Marsh, L., Bryce, C., Hara, A., Wilson, N., Morrison, S., Gomez, O., Ritchie, J., Whisson, C., Allen, M., Betteridge, L., Wood, C., Morrison, H., Salotti, M., Hansen, G., Slack-Smith, S. and Fromont, J. (2016). Marine biodiversity in temperate Western Australia: multi-taxon surveys of Minden and Roe Reefs. Diversity 8: 7.

Whisson, C.S. and Kirkendale, L. (2017). Native land snails of WA. Bushland News 104: 16–17.

Whisson, C. and Breure, A. (2016). A new species of Bothriembryon (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Bothriembryontidae) from south-eastern Western Australia. ZooKeys 581: 127–140.

Whisson, C. and Kirkendale, L. (2017). The presumed extinct Bothriembryon whitleyi Iredale, 1939 remains elusive. The Malacological Society of Australasia Newsletter 163: 1–6.

Selected publications (pre-2016)

Johnson, M., Stankowski, S., Whisson, C., Teale, R. and Hamilton, Z. (2013). Camaenid land snails on Barrow Island: distributions, molecular phylogenetics and taxonomic revision. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 83: 159-171.

Whisson, C.S. and Kirkendale, L. (2013). Documenting the land snail fauna in the most remote city the world. The Malacological Society of Australasia Newsletter 148: 5.

Whisson, C. and Köhler, F. (2013). Gastrocopta (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pupillidae) in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. ZooKeys 261: 15–39.

Breure, A. and Whisson, C.S. (2012). Annotated type catalogue of Bothriembryon Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in Australian museums, with a compilation of types in other museums. ZooKeys 194: 41–80.

Köhler, F. and Whisson, C. (2012). New records of non-marine, non-camaenid gastropods (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from islands off the Kimberley coast, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 27: 21–39.

Whisson, C.S. and Slack-Smith, S. (2011). Bothriembryon glauerti Iredale, 1939. Available online: http://museum.wa.gov.au/explore/blogs/MuseumLand/creature-feature-glauert-s-land-snail

Bryce, C. and Whisson, C. (2009). The macromolluscs of Mermaid (Rowley Shoals), Scott and Seringapatam Reefs, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 77: 177–208.

Whisson, C., Wells, F. and Rose, T. (2004). The benthic invertebrate fauna of the Peel-Harvey Estuary southwestern Australia after completion of the Dawesville Channel. Records of the Western Australian Museum 22: 81–90.