Terrestrial molluscs of the Krasnokutsk territorial commune (hromada), Kharkiv region, Ukraine

Igor Balashov

doi:10.15468/2va4vg

Terrestrial molluscs of the Krasnokutsk territorial commune (hromada), Kharkiv region, Ukraine

Citation

Balashov I, Brusentsova N (2023). Terrestrial molluscs of the Krasnokutsk territorial commune (hromada), Kharkiv region, Ukraine. Slobozhanskyi National Nature Park. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/2va4vg accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.

Description

The dataset includes records of terrestrial molluscs species found on the territory of Krasnokutsk community. Krasnokutsk territorial commune (hromada) is located in the north-west of Kharkiv region. The natural complexes of the territory are represented by oak forests on the right banks and pine forests on the left banks of the rivers, floodplains, steppe beams, marshy alder trees. A significant part of the Krasnokutsk territorial commune consists of agricultural landscapes. The floodplains of the Merla and Merchyk rivers (the Dnipro river basin) were subjected to land reclamation in the 1970s, which radically changed the hydrological regime and affected on species of flora and fauna. In the pine forests there is the largest complex of forest peat bogs and lakes in the Kharkiv region.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

The data presented in the dataset were collected during field research in the deciduous and pine forests on the territory of Krasnokutsk territorial commune.

Sampling

Soil samples were collected in different areas of the forests. From each sample, mollusks and their shells were sorted in laboratory conditions. The identification was made by the external structure of the mollusks, and in some cases using the characteristics of the reproductive system. The collected material is stored in the Collection of Terrestrial Mollusks of the I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv). The dataset also includes information about encounters of terrestrial mollusks that were not collected for the collection. The database of field work results has been reformatted according to Darwin Core Archives standards. If the exact sampling coordinates were not determined, then we georeferenced them based on location information from the forestplan of Slobozhanskyi NNP.

Method steps

Field data collection: collecting soil samples in different localitets of the oak, pine and alder forests; mapping using a GPS-navigator
Identification in the laboratory: sorting mollusks from soil; determination of external structure and reproductive system features of mollusks
Database creation: reformatting thematic databases according to Darwin Core Archives standards
Georeferencing based on location information from the forestplan of Slobozhanskyi NNP
Data checking and cleaning in OpenRefine

Taxonomic Coverages

N/A

Mollusca
rank: phylum
Vertiginidae
rank: family
Ellobiida
rank: order
Vitrinidae
rank: family
Euconulidae
rank: family
Valloniidae
rank: family
Truncatellinidae
rank: family
Punctidae
rank: family
Stylommatophora
rank: order
Cochlicopidae
rank: family
Camaenidae
rank: family
Clausiliidae
rank: family
Gastropoda
rank: class
Hygromiidae
rank: family
Animalia
rank: kingdom
Discidae
rank: family
Helicidae
rank: family
Ellobiidae
rank: family
Gastrodontidae
rank: family

Geographic Coverages

Krasnokutsk territorial commune (hromada), Bohodukhiv district, Kharkiv region, Ukraine.

Bibliographic Citations

Balashov I.A., Brusentsova N.A. 2015. Terrestrial molluscs of the “Slobozhanskii” National Nature Park (Kharkiv Region, Ukraine). Zoologicheskiĭ zhurnal. 94(11):1249-1256. [in Russian] - http://doi.org/10.7868/S0044513415090032

Contacts

Igor Balashov
originator
position: Senior researcher (Invertebrate Fauna and Systematics)
I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology
Kyiv
UA
email: igor_balashov@ukr.net
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2637-6941

Nataliia Brusentsova
metadata author
position: Researcher
Slobozhanskyi National Nature Park
st. Zarichna 15A
Krasnokutsk
UA
email: n_brusentsova@ukr.net
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1428-4855

Igor Balashov
metadata author
position: Senior researcher (Invertebrate Fauna and Systematics)
I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology
Kyiv
UA
email: igor_balashov@ukr.net
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2637-6941

Igor Balashov
administrative point of contact
position: Senior researcher (Invertebrate Fauna and Systematics)
I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology
Kyiv
UA
email: igor_balashov@ukr.net
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2637-6941

Nataliia Brusentsova
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
Slobozhanskyi National Nature Park
st. Zarichna 15A
Krasnokutsk
UA
email: n_brusentsova@ukr.net
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1428-4855