Eastern Kentucky University Mollusk Collection (EKU-Mollusks)

Mollusk specimens collected in Kentucky and surrounding areas.
Contacts: Hayes, David, David.Hayes@eku.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 4085063c-58fc-40d2-9726-3299ba189599
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 7,079 specimen records
  • 4,965 (70%) georeferenced
  • 6,984 (99%) identified to species
  • 6 families
  • 52 genera
  • 135 species
  • 152 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Actinonaias (277)
  • Alasmidonta (219)
  • Amblema (391)
  • Anodonta (17)
  • Anodontoides (13)
  • Arcidens (8)
  • Cambarunio (4)
  • Cyclonaias (107)
  • Cyprogenia (69)
  • Cyrtonaias (2)
  • Dromus (14)
  • Ellipsaria (81)
  • Elliptio (438)
  • Epioblasma (124)
  • Eurynia (13)
  • Fusconaia (477)
  • Hemistena (4)
  • Lampsilis (900)
  • Lasmigona (282)
  • Leaunio (1)
  • Lemiox (4)
  • Leptodea (139)
  • Lexingtonia (2)
  • Ligumia (101)
  • Medionidus (77)
  • Megalonaias (105)
  • Obliquaria (153)
  • Obovaria (150)
  • Pegias (12)
  • Plectomerus (3)
  • Plethobasus (31)
  • Pleurobema (275)
  • Potamilus (275)
  • Proptera (1)
  • Ptychobranchus (294)
  • Pyganodon (161)
  • Quadrula (727)
  • Simpsonaias (12)
  • Strophitus (99)
  • Toxolasma (51)
  • Tritogonia (200)
  • Truncilla (144)
  • Uniomerus (6)
  • Utterbackia (26)
  • Venustaconcha (4)
  • Villosa (477)