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Eastern Kentucky University Mollusk Collection (EKU-Mollusks)

Mollusk specimens collected in Kentucky and surrounding areas.
Contacts: Hayes, David, David.Hayes@eku.edu
Homepage: http://biology.eku.edu/
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 4085063c-58fc-40d2-9726-3299ba189599
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Collection Statistics
  • 7,079 specimen records
  • 4,965 (70%) georeferenced
  • 6,984 (99%) identified to species
  • 6 families
  • 52 genera
  • 135 species
  • 152 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Geographic Distribution - KY
Click on the specimen record counts within the parenthesis to return the records for that term
  • Bracken/ Harrison/ Pendleton (18)
  • Breathitt (30)
  • Campbell/ Keaton/ Pendleton (23)
  • Clay (16)
  • Cumberland (1)
  • Daviess (1)
  • Grant (8)
  • Harlen (5)
  • Hart (6)
  • Knott (6)
  • Lee (6)
  • Leslie (12)
  • Letcher/ Perry (5)
  • Madison (2)
  • Owen/Gallatin (13)
  • Owsley (20)
  • Pendleton (11)
  • Perry (18)
  • Powell (3)
  • Rockcastle (3)
  • Rockcastle/ Laurel (1)
  • Rockcastle/Jackson (1)
  • Whitley (1)
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.