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Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum Mollusk Collection (BMNSM-BMSM)

The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum collection currently encompasses about 133,000 catalogued lots, the collection consists of a vast majority of dry specimens and a small component of fluid-preserved material. The collection is worldwide in scope, but has a strong emphasis on material from Florida and the eastern seaboard of the US, and, in particular, Southwest Florida and the adjacent Gulf Mexico waters.

Science Director & Curator: José H. Leal, jleal@shellmuseum.org (ORCID #: 0000-0002-3786-0368)
Homepage: https://webportal.specifycloud.org/shellmuseum/
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 25 April 2024
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial)
Address:
Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum
3075 Sanibel-Captiva Road
Sanibel, FL   33957
United States
Collection Statistics
  • 135,035 specimen records
  • 34,820 (26%) georeferenced
  • 3,267 (2%) with images (3,366 total images)
  • 116,898 (87%) identified to species
  • 505 families
  • 3,259 genera
  • 13,927 species
  • 14,372 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Arcturellina (3)
  • Bathycardita (1)
  • Beguina (5)
  • Cardiocardita (10)
  • Cardita (75)
  • Carditamera (85)
  • Carditella (2)
  • Cardites (146)
  • Centrocardita (7)
  • Coripia (1)
  • Cyclocardia (36)
  • Glans (15)
  • Glyptoactis (3)
  • Lazariella (1)
  • Megacardita (21)
  • Miodontiscus (2)
  • Pleuromeris (37)
  • Powellina (2)
  • Pteromeris (7)
  • Purpurocardia (13)
  • Strophocardia (8)
  • Venericardia (1)