National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution - Invertebrates (NMNH-Invertebrates)

Contacts: Thomas Orrell, orrellt@si.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 22 October 2021
IPT / DwC-A Source:
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Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 45,048 specimen records
  • 28,987 (64%) georeferenced
  • 931 (2%) with images
  • 5,733 (13%) identified to species
  • 940 families
  • 1,873 genera
  • 3,444 species
  • 672 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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Taxon Distribution
  • Aspella (10)
  • Attiliosa (3)
  • Chicoreus (18)
  • Dermomurex (10)
  • Favartia (10)
  • Haustellum (1)
  • Hexaplex (50)
  • Homalocantha (3)
  • Murex (5)
  • Murexiella (7)
  • Muricanthus (7)
  • Muricopsis (51)
  • Pascula (5)
  • Phyllocoma (4)
  • Pterynotus (3)
  • Pygmaepterys (1)
  • Trachypollia (31)
  • Tripterotyphis (1)
  • Typhisopsis (1)