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Collection Profile for:
Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum Mollusk Collection (BMNSM-BMSM)

The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum collection currently encompasses about 133,000 catalogued lots, the collection consists of a vast majority of dry specimens and a small component of fluid-preserved material. The collection is worldwide in scope, but has a strong emphasis on material from Florida and the eastern seaboard of the US, and, in particular, Southwest Florida and the adjacent Gulf Mexico waters.

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Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum
3075 Sanibel-Captiva Road
Sanibel, FL   33957
United States

Collection Statistics

  • 135,201 specimen records
  • 35,007 (26%) georeferenced
  • 3,305 (2%) with media (3,431 total media)
  • 117,218 (87%) identified to species
  • 508 families
  • 3,263 genera
  • 13,991 species
  • 14,441 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 16 April 2025
Digital Metadata: EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source: Import via iDigBio IPT; Import via new IPT 2024-08-21
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