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: 2 October 2023
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 34,136 specimen records
  • 25,418 (74%) georeferenced
  • 1,304 (4%) with images (3,303 total images)
  • 32,410 (95%) identified to species
  • 549 families
  • 2,813 genera
  • 9,917 species
  • 10,266 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acusta (2)
  • Aegista (5)
  • Ainohelix (1)
  • Albersia (1)
  • Amphidromus (128)
  • Amplirhagada (1)
  • Anixa (11)
  • Basedowena (2)
  • Beddomea (2)
  • Bentosites (4)
  • Bradybaena (6)
  • Calocochlea (38)
  • Camaena (1)
  • Canefriula (3)
  • Canistrum (4)
  • Chloraea (16)
  • Chloritis (13)
  • Chrysallis (18)
  • Cochlodryas (4)
  • Cochlostyla (3)
  • Crystallopsis (3)
  • Cupedora (1)
  • Discoconcha (1)
  • Dolichostyla (18)
  • Dryocochlias (4)
  • Euhadra (9)
  • Eurytrachia (1)
  • Falspleuroxia (1)
  • Figuladra (9)
  • Forcartia (4)
  • Fruticicola (8)
  • Gnarosophia (1)
  • Hadra (4)
  • Helicobulinus (5)
  • Helicostyla (55)
  • Hypselostyla (22)
  • Karaftohelix (1)
  • Laeocathaica (3)
  • Landouria (2)
  • Letitia (2)
  • Marilynessa (2)
  • Megalacron (20)
  • Mesanella (2)
  • Mesodontrachia (1)
  • Moellendorffia (2)
  • Nesiohelix (1)
  • Obba (23)
  • Ogeramua (1)
  • Pachysphaera (5)
  • Papuina (27)
  • Papustyla (13)
  • Parachloritis (1)
  • Phoenicobius (9)
  • Planispira (5)
  • Plectorhagada (1)
  • Plectotropis (4)
  • Ponsadenia (1)
  • Promonturconchum (1)
  • Pseudotrachia (1)
  • Pyrochilus (1)
  • Quistrachia (2)
  • Rhagada (4)
  • Rhynchotrochus (13)
  • Satsuma (2)
  • Sinumelon (3)
  • Sphaerospira (3)
  • Stenogyropsis (1)
  • Steorra (1)
  • Stilpnodiscus (1)
  • Strepsitaurus (1)
  • Temporena (2)
  • Thersites (1)
  • Torresitrachia (1)
  • Trachia (1)
  • Trachystyla (2)
  • Trishoplita (2)
  • Xanthomelon (2)
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.