DMNS Marine Invertebrate Collection (Arctos)
Citation
Denver Museum of Nature & Science Marine Invertebrate Collection https://doi.org/10.15468/lyw1fq accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-05.Description
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science Marine Invertebrate Collection dates to the early 1900s. It is a diverse collection of worldwide specimens, the largest portion being marine shells. It also has specimens of echinoderms, corals, sponges, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Despite its name, it includes a substantial collection of land and freshwater snail shells. The collection contains nearly 50,000 lots, of which more than half are databased in Arctos with more being added to the database each week. More than half of the databased lots are geolocated, and over 1,000 specimen records have images. Specimens in the collection represent nearly 6,000 species in over 450 families. Specimens come from over 150 countries with the majority from the United States and most of those from Florida and Hawaii. All specimens have been donated to the Museum by shell collectors, including many self-collected specimens.
Purpose
Natural History Research and Education
Taxonomic Coverages
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Gastropodarank: class
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Bivalviarank: class
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Anthozoarank: class
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Echinoidearank: class
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Polyplacophorarank: class
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Cephalopodarank: class
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Scaphopodarank: class
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Articulatarank: class
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Asteroidearank: class
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Magnoliopsidarank: class
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Hydrozoarank: class
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Demospongiaerank: class
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Liliopsidarank: class
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Rhynchonellatarank: class
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Inarticulatarank: class
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Merostomatarank: class
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Maxillopodarank: class
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Hexactinellidarank: class
Geographic Coverages
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Paula Cushingoriginator
position: Curator of Invertebrate Zoology
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
2001 Colorado Blvd.
Denver
80205-5798
CO
US
Telephone: +01 303-370-6442
email: paula.cushing@dmns.org
homepage: https://www.dmns.org/science/zoology/staff/paula-cushing/
Paula Cushing
metadata author
position: Curator of Invertebrate Zoology
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
2001 Colorado Blvd.
Denver
80205-5798
CO
US
Telephone: +01 303-370-6442
email: paula.cushing@dmns.org
homepage: https://www.dmns.org/science/zoology/staff/paula-cushing/
David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
Dusty McDonald
point of contact
position: Arctos Database Programmer
University of Alaska Museum
email: dlmcdonald@alaska.edu
homepage: http://arctos.database.museum
Phyllis Sharp
point of contact
position: Departmental Associate
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
2001 Colorado Blvd.
Denver
80205-5798
CO
US
Telephone: +01 720-273-2764
email: sharpphyl@gmail.com
Bryan Johnson
point of contact
position: Departmental Associate
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
2001 Colorado Blvd.
Denver
80205-5798
CO
US
Telephone: +01 303-842-3159
email: spiralsofthenautilus@gmail.com
Paula Cushing
administrative point of contact
position: Curator of Invertebrate Zoology
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
2001 Colorado Blvd.
Denver
80205-5798
CO
US
Telephone: +01 303-370-6442
email: paula.cushing@dmns.org
homepage: https://www.dmns.org/science/zoology/staff/paula-cushing/
Andrew Doll
administrative point of contact
position: Zoology Collections Manager
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
2001 Colorado Blvd.
Denver
80205-
CO
US
Telephone: 303-370-8387
email: andrew.doll@dmns.org
homepage: https://www.dmns.org/science/zoology/staff/andrew-doll/