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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
Homepage: https://www.dmns.org/science/zoology/zoology-collections/marine-invertebrates/
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 2 April 2024
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Collection Statistics
  • 34,136 specimen records
  • 25,418 (74%) georeferenced
  • 1,304 (4%) with images (3,303 total images)
  • 32,411 (95%) identified to species
  • 549 families
  • 2,813 genera
  • 9,918 species
  • 10,267 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acanthocardia (12)
  • Acrosterigma (16)
  • Adacna (1)
  • Americardia (22)
  • Apiocardia (1)
  • Bucardium (3)
  • Cardium (3)
  • Cerastoderma (16)
  • Clinocardium (8)
  • Corculum (18)
  • Ctenocardia (2)
  • Dallocardia (19)
  • Didacna (2)
  • Dinocardium (16)
  • Europicardium (1)
  • Fragum (36)
  • Frigidocardium (1)
  • Fulvia (13)
  • Hippopus (22)
  • Laevicardium (45)
  • Lophocardium (2)
  • Lunulicardia (11)
  • Lyrocardium (6)
  • Maoricardium (7)
  • Microcardium (1)
  • Monodacna (1)
  • Nemocardium (5)
  • Papillicardium (1)
  • Papyridea (10)
  • Parvicardium (3)
  • Pratulum (1)
  • Procardium (1)
  • Serripes (2)
  • Trachycardium (48)
  • Tridacna (56)
  • Vasticardium (42)
  • Vepricardium (3)
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.