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Denver Museum of Nature & Science (DMNS-INVERT)

The Denver Museum of Nature & Science Marine Invertebrate Collection holds a diverse group of worldwide specimens, the largest portion being marine shells followed by terrestrial and freshwater shells, corals and echinoderms. The mid-sized collection dates from the early 1900's.
Contacts: Paula Cushing, Andrew Doll, paula.cushing@dmns.org, Andrew.Doll@dmns.org
Homepage: https://www.dmns.org/science/zoology/zoology-collections/marine-invertebrates/
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 1 May 2024
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Collection Statistics
  • 36,495 specimen records
  • 27,705 (76%) georeferenced
  • 1,319 (4%) with images (3,329 total images)
  • 34,416 (94%) identified to species
  • 574 families
  • 3,000 genera
  • 10,656 species
  • 11,081 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Aliger (31)
  • Barneystrombus (4)
  • Canarium (109)
  • Conomurex (48)
  • Dolomena (30)
  • Doxander (36)
  • Euprotomus (44)
  • Gibberulus (38)
  • Harpago (23)
  • Labiostrombus (7)
  • Laevistrombus (29)
  • Lambis (86)
  • Lentigo (33)
  • Lobatus (37)
  • Macrostrombus (16)
  • Maculastrombus (27)
  • Margistrombus (14)
  • Ministrombus (6)
  • Mirabilistrombus (7)
  • Neostrombus (1)
  • Ophioglossolambis (7)
  • Persististrombus (27)
  • Sinustrombus (14)
  • Strombus (82)
  • Terestrombus (14)
  • Thersistrombus (3)
  • Thetystrombus (2)
  • Titanostrombus (19)
  • Tricornis (8)
  • Tridentarius (15)