IMAGES FROM MALACOLOGY

COMPENDIUM OF MOLLUSCS PRESERVED IN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
PHOTOGRAPHS AND LAYOUT BY JOOP TRAUSEL & FRANS SLIEKER
Spirula
You will find options to retrieve species through taxonomic searches,
geographic searches and free text locality searches on both marine and non-marine molluscs.
Search results provide direct access to the relevant family pages.
Additional taxonomic information from the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
is available through the links shown below individual images.
Links to the family photo pages are shown in the left window.
The actual sizes of specimens can refer to either greatest width, length or height.
Questions or comments are always welcome at info@malacopics.nl
Acronyms used in the images can be found here.
Last update Saturday, July 11, 2026: 27,187 images (including 1895 types) in 561 families online. Click here for update history.
© Joop Trausel & Frans Slieker (NMR images, compilation and layout of pages)
© Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Joop Trausel & Frans Slieker (RMNH and ZMA images)