University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Division of Mollusks (UMMZ-Mollusk)

The Mollusk Division incorporates approximately 5 million specimens and has long ranked amongst the most important freshwater and land snail collections in North America. Approximately 251,000 cataloged lots including over 406 holotype specimens and more than 1638 paratype lots are preserved as dry shells, ethanol preserved specimens, frozen tissues, lyophilized tissues, fossil material and radular microscope slide mounts. Mollusks from all regions of the planet are represented, with most being from North America, particularly from southeastern and upper mid‐western USA drainages. With the exception of Monoplacophora and Aplacophora, all extant molluscan classes are represented. The collection includes a number of significant subcollections; Bryant Walker Collection (one of the world’s largest private mollusk collections containing over 100,000 lots and about two million specimens), Royal Ontario Museum Collection [outstanding collection of North American (principally Canadian) freshwater and land mollusks], F. C. Baker Wisconsin Freshwater Mollusk Collection (one of the most extensive North American freshwater mollusk collections), Stelfox Sphaeriid Collection (one of the most important reference collections of cosmopolitan freshwater bivalve family Sphaeriidae), and Lyophilized Tahitian Land Snails (about 1600 freeze‐dried tissue samples of a now largely extinct snail family).

Contacts: Taehwan Lee, taehwanl@umich.edu

Homepage: https://lsa.umich.edu/ummz/mollusks

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Data snapshot of local collection database

Last Update: 1 October 2024

IPT / DwC-A Source:

IPT Harvest Profile

Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)

Address:

University of Michigan Museum of Zoology

1109 Geddes Ave

Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079

USA

https://lsa.umich.edu/ummz/mollusks

Collection Statistics

220,984 specimen records
85,421 (39%) georeferenced
193,981 (88%) with images (278,024 total images)
177,418 (80%) identified to species
413 families
2,738 genera
12,247 species
12,248 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Home >> Collection Search Page >> Collection Profile University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Division of Mollusks (UMMZ-Mollusk) The Mollusk Division incorporates approximately 5 million specimens and has long ranked amongst the most important freshwater and land snail collections in North America. Approximately 251,000 cataloged lots including over 406 holotype specimens and more than 1638 paratype lots are preserved as dry shells, ethanol preserved specimens, frozen tissues, lyophilized tissues, fossil material and radular microscope slide mounts. Mollusks from all regions of the planet are represented, with most being from North America, particularly from southeastern and upper mid‐western USA drainages. With the exception of Monoplacophora and Aplacophora, all extant molluscan classes are represented. The collection includes a number of significant subcollections; Bryant Walker Collection (one of the world’s largest private mollusk collections containing over 100,000 lots and about two million specimens), Royal Ontario Museum Collection [outstanding collection of North American (principally Canadian) freshwater and land mollusks], F. C. Baker Wisconsin Freshwater Mollusk Collection (one of the most extensive North American freshwater mollusk collections), Stelfox Sphaeriid Collection (one of the most important reference collections of cosmopolitan freshwater bivalve family Sphaeriidae), and Lyophilized Tahitian Land Snails (about 1600 freeze‐dried tissue samples of a now largely extinct snail family). Contacts: Taehwan Lee, taehwanl@umich.edu Homepage: https://lsa.umich.edu/ummz/mollusks Collection Type: Preserved Specimens Management: Data snapshot of local collection database Last Update: 1 October 2024 IPT / DwC-A Source: IPT Harvest Profile Digital Metadata: EML File Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain) Address: University of Michigan Museum of Zoology 1109 Geddes Ave Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079 USA https://lsa.umich.edu/ummz/mollusks Collection Statistics 220,984 specimen records 85,421 (39%) georeferenced 193,981 (88%) with images (278,024 total images) 177,418 (80%) identified to species 413 families 2,738 genera 12,247 species 12,248 total taxa (including subsp. and var.) Extra Statistics Show Geographic Distribution Show Family Distribution
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