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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
  • Acuticosta (1)
  • Alasmidonta (1)
  • Amblema (10)
  • Anodonta (3)
  • Bineurus (1)
  • Cambarunio (1)
  • Coelatura (1)
  • Cyclonaias (12)
  • Cyprogenia (2)
  • Ellipsaria (2)
  • Elliptio (13)
  • Epioblasma (3)
  • Eurynia (4)
  • Fusconaia (8)
  • Glebula (1)
  • Hyriopsis (2)
  • Lamellidens (1)
  • Lamprotula (2)
  • Lampsilis (20)
  • Lanceolaria (3)
  • Lasmigona (6)
  • Leaunio (2)
  • Lemiox (1)
  • Lens (1)
  • Ligumia (3)
  • Medionidus (1)
  • Megalonaias (2)
  • Nodularia (5)
  • Nyassunio (1)
  • Obliquaria (5)
  • Obovaria (2)
  • Ortmanniana (8)
  • Paetulunio (2)
  • Physunio (1)
  • Pilsbryoconcha (1)
  • Plectomerus (1)
  • Plethobasus (4)
  • Pleurobema (9)
  • Pleuronaia (1)
  • Potamilus (14)
  • Ptychobranchus (3)
  • Pyganodon (6)
  • Quadrula (5)
  • Reginaia (1)
  • Sagittunio (2)
  • Scabies (1)
  • Schistodesmus (1)
  • Sinanodonta (1)
  • Strophitus (1)
  • Theliderma (6)
  • Trapezidens (1)
  • Tritogonia (5)
  • Truncilla (3)
  • Unio (5)
  • Uniomerus (1)
  • Utterbackia (1)
  • Venustaconcha (1)
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.