Florida Museum of Natural History (UF)
The UF Invertebrate collection holds >620,000 databased lots of mollusks and marine invertebrates. It began as a Malacology collection almost 100 years ago and ~85% of the holdings are still mollusks. Since 2000 the collection was expanded to cover all invertebrate phyla, focusing on marine taxa. Today it holds >40,000 species from 28 phyla.
Contacts: Gustav Paulay, paulay@flmnh.ufl.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 1 April 2024
Collection Statistics
707,669 specimen records
412,043 (58%) georeferenced
33,042 (5%) with images (40,211 total images) 454,032 (64%) identified to species 1,781 families 8,559 genera 36,956 species 39,126 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
Asperitas (131 ) Austenia (3 ) Bathia (12 ) Bensonies (61 ) Caldwellia (4 ) Conibycus (1 ) Cryptaustenia (21 ) Cryptozona (179 ) Ctenophila (362 ) Dendrotrochus (79 ) Dryachloa (30 ) Dupontia (11 ) Durgella (94 ) Durgellina (2 ) Dyakia (39 ) Elaphroconcha (55 ) Elisolimax (17 ) Erepta (12 ) Euaustenia (18 ) Euconulus (1019 ) Euplecta (66 ) Eurychlamys (1 ) Everettia (26 ) Fanulena (6 ) Fanulum (1 ) Fastosarion (1 ) Geotrochus (132 ) Girasia (5 ) Glyptobensonia (4 ) Greenwoodoconcha (1 ) Gudeoconcha (4 ) Guppya (801 ) Habroconus (431 ) Harmogenanina (16 ) Helicarion (40 ) Helixarion (20 ) Hemiglypta (92 ) Hemiglyptopsis (30 ) Hemiplecta (173 ) Hiona (7 ) Holkeion (21 ) Indrella (1 ) Inozonites (18 ) Kaala (3 ) Kalidos (4763 ) Kaliella (4 ) Khasiella (17 ) Lepidotrichia (30 ) Liardetia (345 ) Louisia (15 ) Macroceras (3 ) Macrochlamys (591 ) Malagarion (733 ) Mathewsoconcha (2 ) Megaustenia (157 ) Mendana (9 ) Microcystina (201 ) Microparmarion (4 ) Nesonanina (3 ) Nitor (56 ) Orpiella (45 ) Otesiopsis (1 ) Ovachlamys (66 ) Oxytesta (29 ) Pachystyla (30 ) Palaua (397 ) Parmarion (3 ) Parmella (1 ) Parvatella (140 ) Petalochlamys (1 ) Philippinella (12 ) Philonesia (129 ) Plegma (5 ) Pseudhelicarion (71 ) Quantula (17 ) Ratnadvipia (1 ) Rhinocochlis (6 ) Rhyssotopsis (1 ) Roybellia (1 ) Ruthvenia (5 ) Ryssota (177 ) Sakiella (3 ) Sarika (7 ) Sesara (67 ) Sitala (1945 ) Sivella (27 ) Sophina (4 ) Syama (18 ) Tamayoa (12 ) Velifera (9 ) Vitrinula (16 ) Westracystis (1 ) Wilhelminaia (57 ) Xesta (2 ) Xestina (2 ) Zagmena (62 )
