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UTEP Invertebrates (Arctos)

Specimen Records: 12,351
Media Records: 412
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2026-04-23

The University of Texas at El Paso Biodiversity Collections (UTEP) Invertebrate Collection is comprised of recent and fossil specimens, mostly dried shells. About 70% of the materials are terrestrial gastropods, 25% freshwater molluscans (including unionaceans), and 5% marine forms. Geographic coverage is mostly for New Mexico (about 80%), but there also are significant holdings for Kansas, Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. This taxonomic and geographic composition has arisen because of the principal research interests and activities of Artie L. Metcalf, and his students.

Contacts

Name Teresa Mayfield-Meyer
RoleCollection Data Volunteer, UTEP Biodiversity Collections
Emailtmayfield.utepbc@jegelewicz.net
Name Vicky Zhuang
RoleManager, UTEP Biodiversity Collections
Emailmzhuang@utep.edu
Name Teresa Mayfield-Meyer
RoleCollection Data Volunteer, UTEP Biodiversity Collections
Emailtmayfield.utepbc@jegelewicz.net
Name Vicky Zhuang
RoleManager, UTEP Biodiversity Collections
Emailmzhuang@utep.edu
Name David Bloom
RoleCoordinator
Emaildbloom@vertnet.org
Name Dusty McDonald
RoleArctos Database Programmer
Emaildlmcdonald@alaska.edu
Name Vicky Zhuang
RoleManager, UTEP Biodiversity Collections
Emailmzhuang@utep.edu
Name Eli Greenbaum
RoleDirector, UTEP Biodiversity Collections
Emailegreenbaum2@utep.edu
Name Teresa Mayfield-Meyer
RoleCollection Data Volunteer, UTEP Biodiversity Collections
Emailtmayfield.utepbc@jegelewicz.net
This table shows any data corrections that were performed on this recordset to improve the capabilities of iDigBio Search. The first column represents the correction performed. The last two columns represent the number and percentage of records that were corrected. A complete list of the data quality flags and their descriptions can be found here. Clicking on a data flag name will take you to a search for all records with this flag in this recordset.
FlagRecords With This Flag(%) Percent With This Flag
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