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North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences - Mollusk Collection (NCSM-UNIO)

The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences' Invertebrates Collection is comprised of more than 35,000 specimens, covering 85 countries around the world.
Contacts: Jamie Smith, jamie.smith@naturalsciences.org
Homepage: https://naturalsciences.org/research-collections/collections/mollusks-collection
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 1 August 2023
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Collection Statistics
  • 38,072 specimen records
  • 32,211 (85%) georeferenced
  • 34,150 (90%) identified to species
  • 278 families
  • 835 genera
  • 1,865 species
  • 1,940 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Geographic Distribution - Florida
Click on the specimen record counts within the parenthesis to return the records for that term
  • Alachua (25)
  • Alachua-Columbia (2)
  • Alachua-Union (2)
  • Bay (10)
  • Bradford (6)
  • Bradford-Union (1)
  • Brevard (6)
  • Brevard-Orange (4)
  • Broward (10)
  • Broward-Palm Beach (1)
  • Calhoun (44)
  • Calhoun-Gulf (2)
  • Calhoun-Liberty (1)
  • Charlotte (2)
  • Citrus (2)
  • Citrus-Sumter (3)
  • Clay (3)
  • Collier (18)
  • Columbia (7)
  • Columbia-Gilchrist (2)
  • Columbia-Suwannee (2)
  • Columbia-Union (1)
  • Dade (19)
  • DeSoto (12)
  • Dixie (25)
  • Dixie-Gilchrist (1)
  • Dixie-Levy (5)
  • Dixie-Taylor (5)
  • Duval (13)
  • Escambia (34)
  • Escambia-Santa Rosa (3)
  • Franklin (13)
  • Franklin-Wakulla (3)
  • Gadsden (49)
  • Gadsden-Jackson (6)
  • Gadsden-Leon (17)
  • Gilchrist (9)
  • Gilchrist-Suwannee (1)
  • Glades (11)
  • Gulf (14)
  • Hamilton (4)
  • Hardee (18)
  • Hendry (9)
  • Hernando (7)
  • Hernando-Sumter (2)
  • Highlands (60)
  • Highlands-Okeechobee (11)
  • Hillsborough (38)
  • Hillsborough-Pinellas (1)
  • Holmes (26)
  • Holmes-Jackson (2)
  • Holmes-Washington (4)
  • Indian River (3)
  • Jackson (68)
  • Jefferson (4)
  • Lake (14)
  • Lake-Seminole (6)
  • Lee (25)
  • Lee-Monroe (1)
  • Leon (17)
  • Levy (17)
  • Liberty (42)
  • Liberty-Wakulla (2)
  • Madison (2)
  • Manatee (3)
  • Marion (36)
  • Marion-Putnam (3)
  • Martin (1)
  • Miami-Dade (1)
  • Monroe (116)
  • Nassau (4)
  • Okaloosa (36)
  • Orange (18)
  • Orange-Seminole (2)
  • Osceola (16)
  • Palm Beach (50)
  • Pasco (10)
  • Pinellas (18)
  • Polk (59)
  • Putnam (9)
  • Saint Johns (5)
  • Saint Lucie (12)
  • Santa Rosa (28)
  • Sarasota (14)
  • Seminole (15)
  • Seminole-Volusia (3)
  • Sumter (8)
  • Suwannee (5)
  • Taylor (5)
  • Volusia (4)
  • Wakulla (4)
  • Walton (17)
  • Washington (16)