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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 - PUERTO RICO
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  • Aguadilla (10)
  • Aguadilla District (1)
  • Aguas Buenas (1)
  • Area Recreo (1)
  • Bahía de Aguadilla (1)
  • Bayamón (2)
  • Between Paraguera and Cabo Rojo (1)
  • Boquerón (2)
  • Boquerón Bay (1)
  • Cabo Rojo (34)
  • Carolina (3)
  • Cordillera Central (1)
  • Culebra (1)
  • Dorado (10)
  • Dorado Beach (7)
  • Dorado Beach Resort & Club (1)
  • E Puerto Rico (1)
  • E of San Juan (4)
  • El Yunque National Forest (12)
  • Ensenada (1)
  • Fajardo (4)
  • Greater Antilles (21)
  • Greater Antilles, W.I. (2)
  • Guajataca (2)
  • Guanica (6)
  • Guardarraya (1)
  • Guayama (1)
  • Guayanilla (2)
  • Guaynabo (1)
  • Humacao (1)
  • Humacao District (1)
  • Isla de Vieques (2)
  • La Parguera (8)
  • La Parguera Reef (1)
  • Lajas (6)
  • Las Croabas (2)
  • Lesser Antilles (1)
  • Loiza (4)
  • Luquillo (3)
  • Luquillo Rainforest (3)
  • Manatí (4)
  • Maricao (1)
  • Maunabo (1)
  • Mayagüez (8)
  • Mayagüez District (1)
  • N Coast (2)
  • N El Yunque (1)
  • N Puerto Rico (1)
  • N Shore, W of San Juan (1)
  • N of Cabo Rojo (1)
  • N of Rincon (1)
  • NE Puerto Rico (4)
  • NE area (1)
  • NE coast (1)
  • NE side of Island (2)
  • NW Puerto Rico (2)
  • Naguabo (1)
  • Near Cayey (1)
  • Near La Parguera (1)
  • Near Mayagüez (1)
  • Near San Juan (1)
  • Near Vega Baja (1)
  • North Coast (2)
  • Off Parguera (1)
  • Palominito/Icacos Is. (1)
  • Patillas (2)
  • Playa de Humaca (1)
  • Ponce (1)
  • Rincón (5)
  • Rio Grande (5)
  • Rio Grande / Luquillo Mountains (1)
  • S Puerto Rico (2)
  • S of Maricao (1)
  • S of San Juan (1)
  • S of Vega Baja (1)
  • SE Puerto Rico (2)
  • SE Rincon (2)
  • SW Puerto Rico (10)
  • SW coast of P.R. (1)
  • SW coast of Puerto Rico (7)
  • SW of Puerto Rico (1)
  • Sabana Grande (2)
  • Salinas (1)
  • San Juan (13)
  • Santurce (3)
  • Sierra de Luquillo (2)
  • Toa Alta (1)
  • Vieques Island (13)
  • Villa Cofresi (1)
  • W Puerto Rico (8)
  • W coast of Puerto Rico (2)
  • W of San Juan (3)
  • West Indies (1)
  • Yabucoa (1)
  • near Córcega hamlet (1)