Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Malacology Collection (LACM-Malacology)

Marine and terrestrial mollusks with an emphasis on marine gastropods from the Eastern Pacific, though worldwide in scope.

Associate Curator: Jann Vendetti, jvendetti@nhm.org (ORCID #: 0000-0003-2260-7762)
Collections Manager: Lindsey Groves, lgroves@nhm.org
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 2 April 2024
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Rights Holder: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Foundation
Address:
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Malacology
900 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA   90007
United States
Collection Statistics
  • 129,679 specimen records
  • 59,229 (46%) georeferenced
  • 65 (0.05%) with images (70 total images)
  • 114,612 (88%) identified to species
  • 458 families
  • 2,312 genera
  • 8,400 species
  • 8,661 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acanthocardia (20)
  • Acrosterigma (20)
  • Americardia (19)
  • Cardium (3)
  • Cerastoderma (31)
  • Clinocardium (105)
  • Corculum (6)
  • Ctenocardia (14)
  • Dallocardia (38)
  • Dinocardium (70)
  • Fragum (14)
  • Fulvia (11)
  • Laevicardium (182)
  • Lophocardium (2)
  • Lunulicardia (3)
  • Microcardium (3)
  • Microfragum (1)
  • Nemocardium (24)
  • Papyridea (26)
  • Parvicardium (24)
  • Plagiocardium (5)
  • Serripes (35)
  • Trachycardium (108)
  • Trigoniocardia (4)
  • Vasticardium (1)