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
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 1 May 2024
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
Agriopoma (2 ) Ameghinomya (2 ) Amiantis (6 ) Anomalocardia (12 ) Anomalodiscus (4 ) Antigona (10 ) Aphrodora (1 ) Austrovenus (20 ) Bassina (16 ) Callista (37 ) Callithaca (4 ) Callocardia (2 ) Callpita (1 ) Chamelea (9 ) Chione (64 ) Chioneryx (6 ) Chionista (8 ) Chionopsis (32 ) Circe (14 ) Circenita (2 ) Circomphalus (1 ) Clausinella (7 ) Compsomyax (1 ) Cryptonema (1 ) Cyclina (3 ) Cyclinella (11 ) Dosina (3 ) Dosinia (84 ) Eucallista (3 ) Eumarcia (2 ) Eurhomalea (1 ) Gafrarium (29 ) Gemma (1 ) Globivenus (11 ) Gomphina (2 ) Gouldia (5 ) Hysteroconcha (39 ) Iliochione (7 ) Irus (5 ) Katelysia (5 ) Lamelliconcha (18 ) Leukoma (59 ) Lioconcha (52 ) Liocyma (1 ) Lirophora (22 ) Macridiscus (2 ) Macrocallista (12 ) Marcia (4 ) Megapitaria (41 ) Mercenaria (16 ) Meretrix (17 ) Mysia (1 ) Notocallista (1 ) Paphia (13 ) Paphonotia (1 ) Parastarte (9 ) Paratapes (4 ) Periglypta (54 ) Petricola (6 ) Petricolaria (12 ) Pitar (32 ) Pitarenus (1 ) Placamen (19 ) Polititapes (4 ) Proteopitar (1 ) Protocallithaca (1 ) Proxichione (2 ) Psephidia (1 ) Ruditapes (21 ) Saxidomus (8 ) Sunetta (17 ) Tapes (16 ) Tawera (17 ) Timoclea (12 ) Tivela (45 ) Transennella (15 ) Transenpitar (1 ) Turtonia (1 ) Veneriglossa (1 ) Venerupis (19 ) Venus (11 )