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MolluscaBase
Citable as data publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Accessed at https://www.molluscabase.org on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.14284/448
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Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Description
MolluscaBase is a taxonomically oriented database which aims to provide an authoritative, permanently updated account of all molluscan species. more

Mollusca are the second largest animal phylum on Earth after arthropods. The number of valid Recent species is currently estimated around 50,000 to 55,000 marine, 25,000 to 30,000 terrestrial and 6,000 to 7,000 freshwater. The number of fossil species is not known accurately, but is in the same order of magnitude and may range between 60,000 (a conservative guess, Taylor & Lewis, 2007) and more than 100,000 species.

Subject to availability, the following information is provided for taxa included in MolluscaBase:

  • Accepted (valid) name
  • Classification (presented with a parent/child hierarchy)
  • Synonyms
  • Reference of original description and other relevant literature sources
  • Type locality and distribution
  • Stratigraphic range
  • Traits (environment, feeding type, host/parasite relationship) and notes
  • Images
The recent, marine component coincides with the Mollusca entries in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), whereas the continental and fossil components are not displayed in the WoRMS interface.

Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Invertebrates
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Fresh water, Brackish water, Terrestrial, Classification, Fossils, Species, Taxonomy, World, Mollusca

Geographical coverage

Temporal coverage
From 1758 on [In Progress]

Taxonomic coverage
Mollusca [WoRMS]

Parameters
Taxonomy

Contributors
Auffenberg, Kurttaxonomic editor
Bank, Ruudtaxonomic editor
Bieler, Rüdigertaxonomic editor
Bouchet, Philippetaxonomic editor
Collins, Katietaxonomic editor
Dekker, Henktaxonomic editor
Faber, Marientaxonomic editor
Garcia-Alvarez, Oscartaxonomic editor
Godoy, Miguel Ángeltaxonomic editor
Gofas, Sergetaxonomic editor
Herbert, Daitaxonomic editor
Houart, Rolandtaxonomic editor
Janssen, Ronaldtaxonomic editor
Kabat, Alantaxonomic editor
Kantor, Yuritaxonomic editor
Karapunar, Barantaxonomic editor
Kovács, Zoltantaxonomic editor
Köhler, Franktaxonomic editor
Marshall, Brucetaxonomic editor
Neubauer, Thomas A.taxonomic editor
Neubert, Eiketaxonomic editor
Nielsen, Sventaxonomic editor
Picton, Bernardtaxonomic editor
Páll-Gergely, Barnataxonomic editor
Richling, Irataxonomic editor
Romani, Luigitaxonomic editor
Rosenberg, Garytaxonomic editor
Schneider, Simontaxonomic editor
Taylor, Johntaxonomic editor
ter Poorten, Jan Johantaxonomic editor
Todd, Jonathantaxonomic editor
Vinarski, Maximtaxonomic editor
Vos, Christaxonomic editor
Wieneke, Ulrichtaxonomic editor
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), moredatabase developer
MolluscaBase eds., moredata creator

Related datasets
Published in:
WoRMS: World Register of Marine Species, more

Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Literature research
Metadatarecord created: 2016-05-12
Information last updated: 2024-01-11
All data in the Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) is subject to the VLIZ privacy policy