Corey Whisson

Corey has been a Collection 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molluscs of Western Australia, having written many scientific papers and popular articles and compiled over 300 unpublished reports. In 2020 he 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, research and public outreach and education.

Websites

Marine Life of the Kimberley Region

Selected Publications

Corey’s full publication list can be found here.

2020-Present

Lawrie, A.D., Chaplin,J., Kirkendale, L., Whisson, C.S, Pinder, A. and Mlambo, M.C. (2023). Phylogenetic assessment of the halophilic Australian gastropod Coxiella and South African Tomichia resolves taxonomic uncertainties, uncovers new species and supports a Gondwanan link. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 184.

Klunzinger, M.W., Whisson, C.S., Zieritz, A., Benson, J.A., Stewart, B.A. and Kirkendale, L. (2022).  Integrated taxonomy reveals new threatened freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Hyriidae: Westralunio) from southwestern Australia. Scientific Reports 12
 

Selected publications (pre-2020) 

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.

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.

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.

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.