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Collection Profile for:
Arizona State University Mollusk Collection (ASU-ASUMOC)

The ASU Mollusk Collection consists primarily of two collections donated by Chester W. Melville in 1966 (approximately 40,000 shells) and Edwin C. Roworth in 1982 (approximately 122,000 shells), with a collection of fossil shells donated by H. Kennedy and a few other small collections by several other individuals. For further information and to arrange a visit or loan, please contact Director of Biocollections Dr. Nico Franz (nico.franz@asu.edu), Volunteer Curator Dale Snyder (dseasheller@gmail.com), or Collection Manager Dr. Sangmi Lee (slee281@asu.edu).
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Collection Statistics

  • 2,192 specimen records
  • 1,881 (86%) georeferenced
  • 1 (0.05%) with media (3 total media)
  • 1,933 (88%) identified to species
  • 19 families
  • 112 genera
  • 299 species
  • 397 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 9601a6ab-d45a-4263-831b-11903d717a39
Digital Metadata: EML File
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Aliger (9)
  • Canarium (67)
  • Conomurex (32)
  • Dolomena (3)
  • Doxander (15)
  • Euprotomus (28)
  • Gibberulus (28)
  • Harpago (11)
  • Labiostrombus (6)
  • Laevistrombus (27)
  • Lambis (57)
  • Lentigo (16)
  • Lobatus (14)
  • Macrostrombus (13)
  • Maculastrombus (5)
  • Margistrombus (6)
  • Ministrombus (8)
  • Mirabilistrombus (1)
  • Persististrombus (13)
  • Sinustrombus (13)
  • Strombus (42)
  • Titanostrombus (8)
  • Tricornis (2)
  • Tridentarius (4)