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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
  • Actinonaias (326)
  • Aculamprotula (5)
  • Acuticosta (14)
  • Alasmidonta (851)
  • Amblema (362)
  • Anemina (4)
  • Anodonta (37)
  • Anodontoides (54)
  • Arcidens (50)
  • Arconaia (6)
  • Balwantia (1)
  • Barynaias (3)
  • Caudiculatus (2)
  • Chamberlainia (1)
  • Coelatura (9)
  • Contradens (3)
  • Cristaria (16)
  • Cuneopsis (22)
  • Cyclonaias (621)
  • Cyprogenia (153)
  • Cyrtonaias (18)
  • Diaurora (1)
  • Discomya (1)
  • Disconaias (4)
  • Dromus (83)
  • Ellipsaria (92)
  • Elliptio (3870)
  • Elliptoideus (34)
  • Ensidens (1)
  • Epioblasma (647)
  • Eurynia (293)
  • Fusconaia (764)
  • Glebula (28)
  • Gonidea (17)
  • Hamiota (177)
  • Harmandia (1)
  • Hemistena (41)
  • Hyriopsis (17)
  • Indochinella (1)
  • Indonaia (5)
  • Lamellidens (18)
  • Lamprotula (18)
  • Lampsilis (1691)
  • Lanceolaria (65)
  • Lasmigona (455)
  • Lemiox (80)
  • Leoparreysia (2)
  • Lepidodesma (6)
  • Leptodea (385)
  • Ligumia (166)
  • Medionidus (319)
  • Megalonaias (88)
  • Microcondylaea (4)
  • Monodontina (1)
  • Nephronaias (15)
  • Nitia (2)
  • Nodularia (57)
  • Nyeinchanconcha (2)
  • Obliquaria (142)
  • Obovalis (1)
  • Obovaria (302)
  • Oxynaia (10)
  • Parreysia (15)
  • Parvasolenaia (1)
  • Parvaspina (32)
  • Pegias (28)
  • Physunio (3)
  • Pilsbryoconcha (32)
  • Plectomerus (42)
  • Plethobasus (113)
  • Pletholophus (21)
  • Pleurobema (720)
  • Pleuronaia (351)
  • Popenaias (14)
  • Potamilus (209)
  • Pressidens (1)
  • Pronodularia (3)
  • Protunio (1)
  • Pseudanodonta (5)
  • Pseudobaphia (1)
  • Pseudodon (50)
  • Pseudomulleria (3)
  • Psoronaias (1)
  • Ptychobranchus (347)
  • Ptychorhynchus (5)
  • Pyganodon (445)
  • Quadrula (209)
  • Radiatula (8)
  • Rectidens (3)
  • Reginaia (98)
  • Scabies (10)
  • Schepmania (3)
  • Schistodesmus (9)
  • Simpsonaias (23)
  • Sinanodonta (60)
  • Sinohyriopsis (17)
  • Solenaia (3)
  • Strophitus (240)
  • Sundadontina (1)
  • Theliderma (286)
  • Toxolasma (359)
  • Trapezidens (2)
  • Trapezoideus (12)
  • Tritogonia (151)
  • Truncilla (182)
  • Unio (117)
  • Uniomerus (327)
  • Utterbackia (276)
  • Utterbackiana (105)
  • Venustaconcha (118)
  • Villosa (1393)