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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
  • Bittiolum (63)
  • Bittium (15)
  • Cacozeliana (3)
  • Cerithidium (1)
  • Cerithiella (5)
  • Cerithioclava (1)
  • Cerithium (863)
  • Clypeomorus (71)
  • Colina (3)
  • Diala (1)
  • Fastigiella (5)
  • Ittibittium (23)
  • Liocerithium (6)
  • Lirobittium (2)
  • Neostylidium (5)
  • Neoterebra (25)
  • Plesiotrochus (1)
  • Pseudovertagus (31)
  • Rhinoclavis (197)
  • Royella (3)
  • Scaliola (1)
  • Styliferina (1)
  • Varicopeza (5)