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MolluscaBase
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MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Accessed at https://www.molluscabase.org on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.14284/448
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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
World [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
From 1758 on [In Progress]

Taxonomic coverage
Mollusca [WoRMS]

Parameters
Taxonomy

Contributors
Auffenberg, Kurt
Bank, Ruud
Bieler, Rüdiger
Bouchet, Philippe
Collins, Katie
Dekker, Henk
Faber, Marien
Garcia-Alvarez, Oscar
Godoy, Miguel Ángel
Gofas, Serge
Herbert, Dai
Houart, Roland
Janssen, Ronald
Kabat, Alan
Kantor, Yuri
Karapunar, Baran
Kovács, Zoltan
Köhler, Frank
Marshall, Bruce
Neubauer, Thomas A.
Neubert, Eike
Nielsen, Sven
Picton, Bernard
Páll-Gergely, Barna
Richling, Ira
Romani, Luigi
Rosenberg, Gary
Schneider, Simon
Taylor, John
ter Poorten, Jan Johan
Todd, Jonathan
Vinarski, Maxim
Vos, Chris
Wieneke, Ulrich
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), moredatabase developer
MolluscaBase eds.data creator

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

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