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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
  • Aequipecten (31)
  • Amusium (2)
  • Anguipecten (6)
  • Annachlamys (17)
  • Antillipecten (2)
  • Argopecten (79)
  • Austrochlamys (1)
  • Azumapecten (13)
  • Bractechlamys (16)
  • Caribachlamys (22)
  • Chlamys (24)
  • Complicachlamys (1)
  • Coralichlamys (2)
  • Crassadoma (5)
  • Cryptopecten (11)
  • Decatopecten (27)
  • Delectopecten (4)
  • Dentamussium (2)
  • Equichlamys (5)
  • Euvola (29)
  • Excellichlamys (4)
  • Flexopecten (15)
  • Gloripallium (15)
  • Haumea (8)
  • Juxtamusium (4)
  • Karnekampia (1)
  • Laevichlamys (34)
  • Leopecten (7)
  • Leptopecten (18)
  • Lindapecten (16)
  • Lissochlamys (2)
  • Manupecten (1)
  • Mesopeplum (5)
  • Mimachlamys (92)
  • Minnivola (5)
  • Mirapecten (16)
  • Mizuhopecten (2)
  • Nodipecten (29)
  • Notochlamys (3)
  • Palliolum (4)
  • Pascahinnites (6)
  • Patinopecten (4)
  • Pecten (70)
  • Pedum (1)
  • Placopecten (3)
  • Pseudamussium (4)
  • Scaeochlamys (8)
  • Semipallium (22)
  • Serratovola (6)
  • Spathochlamys (7)
  • Swiftopecten (8)
  • Talochlamys (21)
  • Veprichlamys (6)
  • Volachlamys (9)
  • Ylistrum (11)
  • Zygochlamys (7)
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.