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New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Invertebrate specimens (NMMNH&S-Invertebrates)

The NMMNHS Mollusc collection was started by the donation of the Ostheimer Collection when the museum opened. The collection also includes a land snail collection from Dr. Rick Smartt and various smaller collections from donors, volunteers and staff. The Mollusc collection has around 15,000 specimens, with the majority in the dry collection. Many of the specimens are from the Southwestern US, but the majority represents the Mollusca biodiversity from the Pacific-Indian Oceans.
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 7 September 2024
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Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Collection Statistics
  • 10,703 specimen records
  • 21 (0.2%) georeferenced
  • 225 (2%) with images (515 total images)
  • 7,844 (73%) identified to species
  • 323 families
  • 1,164 genera
  • 3,044 species
  • 3,086 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Geographic Distribution
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