Arizona State University Mollusk Collection (ASU-ASUMOC)

The ASU Mollusk Collection consists primarily of two collections donated by Chester W. Melville in 1966 (approximately 40,000 shells) and Edwin C. Roworth in 1982 (approximately 122,000 shells), with a collection of fossil shells donated by H. Kennedy and a few other small collections by several other individuals. For further information and to arrange a visit or loan, please contact Director of Biocollections Dr. Nico Franz (nico.franz@asu.edu), Volunteer Curator Dale Snyder (dseasheller@gmail.com), or Collection Manager Dr. Sangmi Lee (slee281@asu.edu).
Contacts: Dale Snyder, dseasheller@gmail.com
Collection Manager: Sangmi Lee, SLEE281@ASU.EDU (ORCID #: 0000-0002-9636-8242)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 9601a6ab-d45a-4263-831b-11903d717a39
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 1,739 specimen records
  • 1,412 (81%) georeferenced
  • 1 (0.06%) with images (3 total images)
  • 1,557 (90%) identified to species
  • 4 families
  • 66 genera
  • 187 species
  • 250 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Annepona (2)
  • Arestorides (10)
  • Barycypraea (1)
  • Bistolida (20)
  • Blasicrura (7)
  • Callistocypraea (1)
  • Chelycypraea (9)
  • Contradusta (11)
  • Cribrarula (10)
  • Cryptocypraea (1)
  • Cypraea (53)
  • Cypraeovula (17)
  • Eclogavena (6)
  • Erronea (94)
  • Ficadusta (1)
  • Ipsa (2)
  • Leporicypraea (16)
  • Luria (39)
  • Lyncina (86)
  • Macrocypraea (30)
  • Mauritia (99)
  • Melicerona (8)
  • Monetaria (155)
  • Muracypraea (1)
  • Naria (159)
  • Neobernaya (27)
  • Nesiocypraea (1)
  • Notocypraea (14)
  • Nucleolaria (18)
  • Ovatipsa (12)
  • Palmadusta (58)
  • Paradusta (2)
  • Pseudozonaria (34)
  • Purpuradusta (38)
  • Pustularia (20)
  • Ransoniella (3)
  • Staphylaea (28)
  • Talostolida (10)
  • Talparia (17)
  • Trona (3)
  • Umbilia (5)
  • Zoila (7)
  • Zonaria (4)