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.
Collections Manager: Lindsey Groves, lgroves@nhm.org
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 2 April 2024
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.)