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North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences - Mollusk Collection (NCSM-UNIO)

The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences' Invertebrates Collection is comprised of more than 35,000 specimens, covering 85 countries around the world.
Contacts: Jamie Smith, jamie.smith@naturalsciences.org
Homepage: https://naturalsciences.org/research-collections/collections/mollusks-collection
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 1 August 2023
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Collection Statistics
  • 38,072 specimen records
  • 32,211 (85%) georeferenced
  • 34,150 (90%) identified to species
  • 278 families
  • 835 genera
  • 1,865 species
  • 1,940 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Anisus (1)
  • Biomphalaria (10)
  • Bulinus (1)
  • Ferrissia (196)
  • Gyraulus (33)
  • Hebetancylus (3)
  • Helisoma (230)
  • Laevapex (119)
  • Menetus (2)
  • Micromenetus (135)
  • Planorbarius (3)
  • Planorbella (174)
  • Planorbis (1)
  • Planorbula (18)
  • Promenetus (6)
  • Rhodacmea (15)
  • Vorticifex (1)