| Full name: |
MolluscaBase |
| Short name: |
WoRMS Mollusca |
| Version: |
2018-04-01 |
| Release date: |
2018-04-01 |
| Authors/editors: |
Bieler R., Bouchet P., Dijkstra H., Faber M., Finn J., Garcia-Alvarez O., Gofas S., La Perna R., Marshall B., Moretzsohn F., Neubauer T.A., Rosenberg G., Sartori A.F., Schneider S., Taylor J., ter Poorten J.J. & Vos C. (eds). |
| Taxonomic coverage: |
Animalia - Mollusca |
| English name of the group: |
Marine molluscs |
|
Number of living species |
57,772 |
|
Number of living infraspecific taxa |
3,349 |
| Number of extinct species: |
9540 |
| Number of extinct infraspecific taxa: |
290 |
| Number of synonyms: |
82,390 |
| Number of common names: |
7,074 |
| Total number of names: |
160,415 |
| Abstract: |
This global species list is part of the World Register of Marine Species database, which aims to provide the most authoritative list of names of all marine species globally. Data have been contributed to the Catalogue of Life via the WoRMS, hosted by the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ). |
| Organization: |
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France; University of Málaga, Departamento de Biología Animal, Malaga, Spain; Academy of Natural Sciences, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Website: |
http://www.molluscabase.org
|
| Bibliographic citation: |
Bieler R., Bouchet P., Dijkstra H., Faber M., Finn J., Garcia-Alvarez O., Gofas S., La Perna R., Marshall B., Moretzsohn F., Neubauer T.A., Rosenberg G., Sartori A.F., Schneider S., Taylor J., ter Poorten J.J. & Vos C. (eds). (2018). WoRMS Mollusca: MolluscaBase (version 2018-04-01). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2018 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2018. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. |
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