J. F. Bell Museum of Natural History - Mollusks (JFBM-M)

The invertebrate collection at the Bell Museum of Natural History contains nearly 18,000 lots, some of which date to 1875. The majority of specimens are freshwater mollusks collected in Minnesota, and represent an important Upper Midwest Collection. All specimens are entered into a database searchable by invertebrate collection staff. The invertebrate collection also contains the old Minneapolis Library collection of Indo-Pacific mollusks. Specimens are stored as shells or in ethanol.

Contact: Dr. Andrew Simons, Curator (asimons@umn.edu)

Home Page: http://www.bellmuseum.umn.edu/ResearchandTeaching/Collections/ScientificCollection/Invertebrates/index.htm

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Data snapshot of local collection database

Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)

• 1,731 occurrence
• 311 (18%) georeferenced
• 1,627 (94%) identified to species
• 7 families
• 8 genera
• 19 species
• 19 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)