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: 15 March 2024
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 706,469 specimen records
  • 410,845 (58%) georeferenced
  • 33,042 (5%) with images (40,211 total images)
  • 453,488 (64%) identified to species
  • 1,779 families
  • 8,555 genera
  • 36,936 species
  • 39,105 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Afrivoluta (6)
  • Alaginella (3)
  • Bullata (29)
  • Closia (2)
  • Cryptospira (11)
  • Cystiscus (50)
  • Dentimargo (67)
  • Eratoidea (16)
  • Gibberula (101)
  • Gibberulina (3)
  • Glabella (11)
  • Granula (17)
  • Granulina (292)
  • Hyalina (676)
  • Hydroginella (1)
  • Marginella (1590)
  • Marginellopsis (50)
  • Mesoginella (1)
  • Persicula (386)
  • Prunum (539)
  • Pugnus (6)
  • Rivomarginella (1)
  • Serrata (1)
  • Volvarina (192)