Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Malacology (BPBM-MAL)

Contacts: Norine Yeung (norine@bishopmuseum.org)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 9c5a4e4f-2bec-4a92-ab85-38950dd6d948
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 297,127 lot records
  • 2,526,303 specimen records
  • 205,115 (69%) lots georeferenced (lat/long)
  • 166,773 (56%) lots georeferenced (lat/long/error)
  • 283,380 (95%) with images (517,116 total images)
  • 11,568 named specimens
  • 69,464 (23%) lots identified to species
  • 448 families
  • 284 genera
  • 1,796 species
  • 2,211 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Geographic Distribution - Shina
Click on the specimen record counts within the parenthesis to return the records for that term
  • Abyssinia (1)
  • Adaman Island {Is this Andaman Island in the Indian Ocean?} (2)
  • Adaman Sea (1)
  • Aden {Is this Yemen?} (2)
  • Adriatic Sea (7)
  • Africa (1829)
  • Africa (See remarks) (2)
  • Africa: South Africa (1)
  • Africal (1)
  • Ahonui (2)
  • Alabama (87)
  • Alaska (147)
  • Alaska? (2)
  • Albany (1)
  • Aleutian Island (1)
  • Aleutian Islands (3)
  • Algeria (146)
  • Algeria (Dellys) (1)
  • Algeria [?] (1)
  • Algiers (6)
  • Andrus Pudale (1)
  • Ane Shima (1)
  • Angola (1)
  • Anguilla (1)
  • Antarctica (9)
  • Arabia (27)
  • Arabian Gulf (1)
  • Arabian Sea (3)
  • Argentina (13)
  • Arizona (3)
  • Arkansas (2)
  • Armen (1)
  • Aru Island (7)
  • Aru Island: Dobo (1)
  • Aru Islands (8)
  • Ascension Island (5)
  • Ascension Island (Atlantic Ocean) (9)
  • Asia (48)
  • Asia Minor (1)
  • Aspenwald (1)
  • Aspenwall (2)
  • Atlantic (3)
  • Atlantic Ocean (22)
  • Attica (1)
  • Auluptagel (1)
  • Austr Maylya (1)
  • Australasia (1)
  • Australia (2419)
  • Australia, Queensland (1)
  • Australia? (1)
  • Australis (1)
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  • Austria (28)
  • Austria {?} (1)
  • Austrlaia (1)
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  • Baitain (1)
  • Balearic Island (2)
  • Balearic Islands (4)
  • Bali (6)
  • Banatus (3)
  • Basher River {See original note} (1)
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  • Bay of Bengal (4)
  • Bay of Bengal? (1)
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  • Behring Sea (1)
  • Belgium (36)
  • Bengal (10)
  • Bermuda (61)
  • Black River? (1)
  • Black Sea (1)
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  • Bolivia (catalog), Venezuela (label) (1)
  • Bombay (2)
  • Bombay (India) (1)
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  • Botaga Isld (1)
  • Bourbon (1)
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  • Cape Verde Island (2)
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  • Japan: Boshu Coast (2)
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  • Japan: Sagami Bay, Jogashima Island (1)
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  • Japan: Tanabe, Kii (3)
  • Japan: Tateyama Bay (1)
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  • Japan: Tateyama Bay, Oga (1)
  • Japan: Tateyama Bay, Takanoshima Island (2)
  • Japan: Tokyo Bay (3)
  • Japan: Tosa (1)
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  • Loc? (Philippines?) (1)
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  • Lord How Island (1)
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  • Madeira (80)
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  • Maine (98)
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  • Mala Bay (1)
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