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Invertebrate Zoology (MPM-IZ)

Milwaukee Public Museum Invertebrate Zoology. This collection encompasses MPM collection codes: Non-Insect Invertebrates (INV) and Insects (ENT).
Contact: Julia Colby
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 9 April 2020
Digital Metadata: EML File
Rights Holder: Milwaukee Public Museum
Collection Statistics
  • 70,681 occurrence
  • 13,458 (19%) georeferenced
  • 2,257 (3%) identified to species
  • 250 families
  • 6 genera
  • 9 species
  • 9 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Family Distribution
Click on the occurrence record counts within the parenthesis to return the records for that family
  • Acastidae (1)
  • Achistridae (18)
  • Acleistoceratidae (127)
  • Acroporidae (1)
  • Actinoceratidae (70)
  • Actinodictyidae (4)
  • Agnostidae (2)
  • Alveolitidae (2)
  • Ambonychiidae (233)
  • Amphistrophiidae (3)
  • Amplexidae (125)
  • Anazygidae (11)
  • Anopliidae (1)
  • Anoplothecidae (3)
  • Apsidoceratidae (3)
  • Arachnophyllidae (2)
  • Araliaceae (2)
  • Armenoceratidae (44)
  • Asaphidae (112)
  • Ascoceratidae (2)
  • Ascodictyidae (1)
  • Astraeospongiidae (9)
  • Atactotoechidae (1)
  • Athyrididae (2)
  • Atrypidae (166)
  • Atrypinidae (244)
  • Aulacopleuridae (8)
  • Aulocystidae (5)
  • Auloporidae (14)
  • Aviculopectinidae (9)
  • Baltoceratidae (3)
  • Barrandoceratidae (2)
  • Bathyuridae (13)
  • Batrachedridae (1)
  • Bellerophontidae (14)
  • Blastobasidae (6)
  • Bucaniidae (80)
  • Bythocyprididae (1)
  • Calloporidae (5)
  • Calymenidae (209)
  • Camarotoechiidae (4)
  • Cambaridae (2347)
  • Camerellidae (2)
  • Cardiniidae (42)
  • Ceramoporidae (1)
  • Ceramorpidae (6)
  • Chaetetidae (8)
  • Cheiruridae (197)
  • Chilidiopsidae (192)
  • Chonetidae (1)
  • Clathrodictyidae (3)
  • Clinoceratidae (32)
  • Clorindidae (283)
  • Coenitidae (23)
  • Columnariidae (3)
  • Constellariidae (1)
  • Cornulitidae (19)
  • Crambidae (1714)
  • Cranaenidae (3)
  • Craniidae (28)
  • Craniopsidae (4)
  • Crepicephalidae (5)
  • Cryptocrinidae (2)
  • Ctenodontidae (94)
  • Cupulocrinidae (2)
  • Cyathaxoniidae (87)
  • Cyathocrinitidae (2)
  • Cyathophyllidae (5)
  • Cyclidae (12)
  • Cyrillaceae (2)
  • Cyrtiidae (341)
  • Cyrtinidae (2)
  • Cyrtodontidae (227)
  • Cyrtogomphoceratidae (1)
  • Cystiphyllidae (4)
  • Cystodictyonidae (1)
  • Dalmanellidae (464)
  • Dalmanitidae (80)
  • Dawsonoceratidae (106)
  • Delthyrididae (152)
  • Dendrograptidae (6)
  • Depressariidae (101)
  • Dicoelosiidae (69)
  • Diestoceratidae (1)
  • Dikelocephalidae (41)
  • Diplograptidae (8)
  • Discinidae (13)
  • Discoceratidae (2)
  • Discosoridae (3)
  • Disphyllidae (2)
  • Draboviidae (19)
  • Eatoniidae (7)
  • Eichwaldiidae (27)
  • Enalloporidae (2)
  • Encrinuridae (134)
  • Endoceratidae (98)
  • Eotomariidae (28)
  • Erebidae (4851)
  • Eucaenidae (1)
  • Euchondriidae (2)
  • Euomphalidae (80)
  • Euphemitidae (7)
  • Favositidae (289)
  • Fenestellidae (184)
  • Fistuliporidae (2)
  • Geisonoceratidae (54)
  • Gelechiidae (28)
  • Geometridae (9846)
  • Geraridae (1)
  • Glyptorthidae (51)
  • Grammysiidae (10)
  • Halysitidae (329)
  • Harpetidae (17)
  • Hebetoechiidae (14)
  • Hemiphragmoceratidae (5)
  • Hesperiidae (9608)
  • Hesperorthidae (189)
  • Heterocystidae (3)
  • Heterotrypidae (3)
  • Holmophyllidae (1)
  • Holopeidae (6)
  • Hormotomidae (1)
  • Huroniidae (3)
  • Illaenidae (103)
  • Kionoceratidae (79)
  • Kloedenellidae (6)
  • Lampterocrinidae (284)
  • Lechritrochoceratidae (56)
  • Leiorhynchidae (1)
  • Leperditiidae (82)
  • Leptestiidae (51)
  • Leptostrophiidae (189)
  • Lichidae (54)
  • Lindstroemiidae (3)
  • Lingulasmatidae (1)
  • Lingulidae (30)
  • Lophospiridae (22)
  • Loxonematidae (67)
  • Malletiidae (3)
  • Marrellidae (1)
  • Meristellidae (104)
  • Metriophyllidae (12)
  • Micheliniidae (1)
  • Mimallonidae (76)
  • Modiomorphidae (37)
  • Momphidae (1)
  • Monticuliporidae (25)
  • Mucrospiriferidae (1)
  • Murchisoniidae (43)
  • Myalinidae (5)
  • Nautilidae (7)
  • Noctuidae (6)
  • Notodontidae (3427)
  • Nucleospiridae (29)
  • Nuculanidae (3)
  • Nuculidae (2)
  • Nymphalidae (174)
  • Odontopleuridae (4)
  • Oecophoridae (3)
  • Olenellidae (4)
  • Oncoceratidae (215)
  • Ophidoceratidae (1)
  • Orthoceratidae (88)
  • Ostreidae (11)
  • Pachyporidae (39)
  • Palaeomutelidae (1)
  • Paleolimulidae (3)
  • Papilionidae (2516)
  • Parastrophinidae (16)
  • Peachocarididae (8)
  • Pentameridae (269)
  • Periechocrinidae (103)
  • Phacopidae (20)
  • Phragmoceratidae (72)
  • Phylloblattidae (3)
  • Phyllopoerinidae (2)
  • Pieridae (6422)
  • Pisocrinidae (44)
  • Plaesiomyidae (71)
  • Platyceratidae (207)
  • Platyorthidae (49)
  • Plectoceratidae (11)
  • Plectorthidae (52)
  • Pleurotomariidae (121)
  • Polyporidae (2)
  • Pomatiasidae (1)
  • Poterioceratidae (2)
  • Praenuculidae (3)
  • Productellidae (1)
  • Proetidae (2)
  • Proporidae (4)
  • Proteoceratidae (29)
  • Pterineidae (68)
  • Pterinopectinidae (7)
  • Pterothecidae (30)
  • Pterygometopidae (24)
  • Ptychopariidae (1)
  • Punctatrypidae (282)
  • Pyralidae (343)
  • Rafinesquinidae (379)
  • Raphistomatidae (2)
  • Receptaculitidae (67)
  • Rhinidictyidae (2)
  • Rhipidomellidae (4)
  • Rhombopteriidae (10)
  • Rhynchonellidae (69)
  • Rhynchoporidae (1)
  • Rhynchospirinidae (2)
  • Rhynchotrematidae (402)
  • Sactorthoceratidae (1)
  • Saturniidae (1781)
  • Schizodidae (7)
  • Schizophoriidae (5)
  • Seletonellaceae (4)
  • Sinuitidae (99)
  • Skenidiidae (15)
  • Solemyidae (3)
  • Sowerbyellidae (172)
  • Sphaerorthoceratidae (3)
  • Sphingidae (6641)
  • Sphooceratidae (1)
  • Spinocyrtiidae (3)
  • Spiriferidae (12)
  • Spyroceratidae (20)
  • Stauriidae (15)
  • Stomatoporidae (1)
  • Streptelasmatidae (7)
  • Strophodontidae (64)
  • Strophomenidae (248)
  • Strophonellidae (24)
  • Styginidae (690)
  • Subrianidae (6)
  • Subulitidae (45)
  • Synbathocrinidae (1)
  • Syringophyllidae (4)
  • Syringoporidae (29)
  • Syringothyrididae (2)
  • Tortricidae (777)
  • Trematoporidae (3)
  • Trigonirhynchiidae (63)
  • Trigonorhynchiidae (7)
  • Trimerellidae (141)
  • Trimeroceratidae (1)
  • Trinucleidae (4)
  • Triplesiidae (21)
  • Tripteroceratidae (24)
  • Tsinaniidae (31)
  • Virgianidae (192)
  • Xenambonitidae (2)
  • Zophocrinidae (3)