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
  • Actinonaias (44)
  • Alasmidonta (63)
  • Amblema (84)
  • Anodonta (200)
  • Anodontoides (19)
  • Arcidens (10)
  • Arotonaias (12)
  • Barynaias (1)
  • Canthyria (2)
  • Chamberlainia (3)
  • Cristaria (2)
  • Cyclonaias (37)
  • Cyprogenia (16)
  • Cyrtonaias (31)
  • Disconaias (10)
  • Dromus (6)
  • Ellipsaria (23)
  • Elliptio (423)
  • Elliptoideus (2)
  • Epioblasma (74)
  • Fusconaia (133)
  • Glebula (6)
  • Gonidea (30)
  • Hemistena (2)
  • Hyriopsis (5)
  • Indonaia (1)
  • Inversidens (1)
  • Lampsilis (345)
  • Lanceolaria (10)
  • Lasmigona (81)
  • Lemiox (1)
  • Leptodea (44)
  • Lexingtonia (3)
  • Ligumia (53)
  • Medionidus (11)
  • Megalonaias (30)
  • Micronaias (1)
  • Nephronaias (23)
  • Obliquaria (38)
  • Obovaria (58)
  • Parreysia (1)
  • Physunio (2)
  • Pilsbryoconcha (1)
  • Plectomerus (16)
  • Plethobasus (15)
  • Pleurobema (102)
  • Popenaias (65)
  • Potamilus (78)
  • Potomida (2)
  • Pseudanodonta (1)
  • Pseudodon (4)
  • Psoronaias (1)
  • Ptychobranchus (45)
  • Pyganodon (59)
  • Quadrula (236)
  • Quincuncina (36)
  • Scabies (2)
  • Simpsonaias (4)
  • Simpsonella (7)
  • Strophitus (51)
  • Toxolasma (54)
  • Tritogonia (46)
  • Truncilla (48)
  • Uniandra (2)
  • Unio (28)
  • Uniomerus (60)
  • Utterbackia (61)
  • Venustaconcha (5)
  • Villosa (160)