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Delaware Museum of Natural History – Mollusks (DMNH-Mollusk)

The Museum's mollusk collection consists of more than 2 million specimens, making it one of the largest in the United States. The 220,000 cataloged lots represent more than 18,000 species. Worldwide in scope and covering all seven living classes of mollusks, our holdings include marine gastropods (45%), land and freshwater gastropods (30%), marine bivalves (15%), freshwater bivalves (5%) and other (5%). The Museum's mollusk collection is primarily dry shells, with some alcohol preserved cephalopod specimens. Most specimens are recent; however there is some Cenozoic fossil material. Our type collection contains more than 1,200 lots.

Contacts: Elizabeth Shea, eshea@delmnh.org

Homepage: http://www.delmnh.org/mollusks/

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Data snapshot of local collection database

Last Update: 2 May 2023

DwC-Archive Access Point: https://invertebase.org/portal/content/dwca/DMNH-Mollusk_DwC-A.zip

Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)

GBIF Dataset page: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/3ee66eb3-4786-4bda-b7f1-c145b1a57a6b

Collection Statistics

235,589 specimen records
75,938 (32%) georeferenced
204,227 (87%) identified to species
515 families
3,904 genera
16,092 species
15,880 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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This project is supported by the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology through an award titled "Advancing Revisionary Taxonomy and Systematics: Integrative Research and Training in Tropical Taxonomy" (DEB-1456674). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed on this website are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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Home >> Collection Search Page >> Collection Profile Delaware Museum of Natural History – Mollusks (DMNH-Mollusk) The Museum's mollusk collection consists of more than 2 million specimens, making it one of the largest in the United States. The 220,000 cataloged lots represent more than 18,000 species. Worldwide in scope and covering all seven living classes of mollusks, our holdings include marine gastropods (45%), land and freshwater gastropods (30%), marine bivalves (15%), freshwater bivalves (5%) and other (5%). The Museum's mollusk collection is primarily dry shells, with some alcohol preserved cephalopod specimens. Most specimens are recent; however there is some Cenozoic fossil material. Our type collection contains more than 1,200 lots. Contacts: Elizabeth Shea, eshea@delmnh.org Homepage: http://www.delmnh.org/mollusks/ Collection Type: Preserved Specimens Management: Data snapshot of local collection database Last Update: 2 May 2023 DwC-Archive Access Point: https://invertebase.org/portal/content/dwca/DMNH-Mollusk_DwC-A.zip Digital Metadata: EML File Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain) GBIF Dataset page: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/3ee66eb3-4786-4bda-b7f1-c145b1a57a6b Collection Statistics 235,589 specimen records 75,938 (32%) georeferenced 204,227 (87%) identified to species 515 families 3,904 genera 16,092 species 15,880 total taxa (including subsp. and var.) Extra Statistics Show Geographic Distribution Show Family Distribution
This project is supported by the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology through an award titled "Advancing Revisionary Taxonomy and Systematics: Integrative Research and Training in Tropical Taxonomy" (DEB-1456674). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed on this website are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.