Christine A. Mayer
Collections/Database Manager
Illinois Natural History Survey
camayer @ inhs.uiuc.edu



INHS Mollusk Collection

34,203 lots; 123,289 catalogued specimens

95% freshwater species (mussels- 80%, fingernail clams, snails)
5% terrestrial species (snails)
64% from Illinois
significant holdings from Venezuela

Field Guide to Freshwater Mussels of the Midwest

Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society

 

 

Search the INHS collections databases

 

INHS Fish Collection:  97,662 lots; 851,186 specimens

 

INHS Crustacean Collection:  10,971 lots; 84,795 specimens

 

INHS

4 December 2008




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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chris mayer