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Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum Mollusk Collection (BMNSM-BMSM)

The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum collection currently encompasses about 133,000 catalogued lots, the collection consists of a vast majority of dry specimens and a small component of fluid-preserved material. The collection is worldwide in scope, but has a strong emphasis on material from Florida and the eastern seaboard of the US, and, in particular, Southwest Florida and the adjacent Gulf Mexico waters.

Science Director & Curator: José H. Leal, jleal@shellmuseum.org (ORCID #: 0000-0002-3786-0368)
Homepage: https://webportal.specifycloud.org/shellmuseum/
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 25 April 2024
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial)
Address:
Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum
3075 Sanibel-Captiva Road
Sanibel, FL   33957
United States
Collection Statistics
  • 135,035 specimen records
  • 34,820 (26%) georeferenced
  • 3,267 (2%) with images (3,366 total images)
  • 116,898 (87%) identified to species
  • 505 families
  • 3,259 genera
  • 13,927 species
  • 14,372 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Geographic Distribution - North Island
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  • Ahipara (1)
  • Auckland (26)
  • Auckland Metro area (1)
  • Bay of Plenty (6)
  • Cape Maria Van Diemen (2)
  • Coromandel Penin. (2)
  • Coromandel Peninsula (3)
  • E. Coast (2)
  • East Cape (1)
  • East coast of North Island (1)
  • Great Barrier Island (1)
  • Hauraki Gulf (3)
  • Hawke's Bay (4)
  • Hihi Beach (1)
  • Karakeri Peninsula (1)
  • Mahia Beach (1)
  • Mahia Peninsula (4)
  • Manawatu-Wanganui (2)
  • Mangonui (1)
  • Manukau Harbour (2)
  • Matapouri (1)
  • Mt. Maungani (1)
  • N of Auckland (2)
  • N of Gisborne (1)
  • N of Wellington (2)
  • NE end North Island (1)
  • Napier (1)
  • Near Hicks Bay (1)
  • Near Mayor Island (1)
  • Near Whanganui (1)
  • North Auckland (6)
  • Northland (10)
  • Off N tip of North Island (1)
  • Ohope (3)
  • Paekakariki (2)
  • Paraparaumu (1)
  • Parengarenga Harbor (1)
  • Raglan Beach (1)
  • S end North Island (2)
  • SW coast (1)
  • Tapotupotu Bay (1)
  • Tauranga (7)
  • Tolaga Bay (1)
  • W North Island (1)
  • W coast (2)
  • W side of North Island (1)
  • Waiheke Island (1)
  • Waikanae (1)
  • Waikato (2)
  • Wellington (12)
  • Wellington West Coast (1)
  • West Levin (1)
  • Whangaparada (1)
  • Whangaparaoa (2)
  • Whangarei (4)
  • Whangarei Harbor (4)
  • Whangaruru (1)
  • Whangerei Heads (1)
  • Whitianga (1)
  • near Tauranga (1)