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
  • Aclyvolva (4)
  • Amonovula (2)
  • Calcarovula (4)
  • Calpurnus (12)
  • Carpiscula (1)
  • Contrasimnia (1)
  • Crenavolva (10)
  • Cuspivolva (4)
  • Cymbovula (1)
  • Cyphoma (27)
  • Dentiovula (7)
  • Diminovula (10)
  • Dissona (1)
  • Globovula (2)
  • Habuprionovolva (2)
  • Hiatavolva (2)
  • Kurodaovula (1)
  • Kuroshiovolva (1)
  • Margovula (5)
  • Naviculavolva (1)
  • Ovula (22)
  • Pellasimnia (3)
  • Phenacovolva (23)
  • Primovula (7)
  • Prionovolva (5)
  • Procalpurnus (3)
  • Prosimnia (3)
  • Pseudosimnia (6)
  • Quasisimnia (1)
  • Rotaovula (2)
  • Sandalia (2)
  • Serratovolva (3)
  • Simnia (10)
  • Simnialena (6)
  • Takasagovolva (2)
  • Testudovolva (4)
  • Volva (12)
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.