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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Mollusc collection

Citation

Samyn Y, Vandenberghe T (2021). Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Mollusc collection. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/w6ubjx accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-24.

Description

The Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Mollusca collection contains 109622 digitised specimens of 30509 taxa. The following classes are included: Articulata Huxley, 1869, Bivalvia, Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758, Cephalopoda Cuvier, 1797, Gastropoda Cuvier, 1797, Granuloreticulosea, Heliozoa, Hydrozoa Owen, 1843, Insecta Linnaeus, 1758, Malacostraca Latreille, 1802, Maxillopoda Dahl, 1956, Monoplacophora, Polychaeta, Polyplacophora Gray, 1821, Scaphopoda Bronn, 1862

Taxonomic Coverages

  1. Articulata Huxley, 1869, Bivalvia, Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758, Cephalopoda Cuvier, 1797, Gastropoda Cuvier, 1797, Granuloreticulosea, Heliozoa, Hydrozoa Owen, 1843, Insecta Linnaeus, 1758, Malacostraca Latreille, 1802, Maxillopoda Dahl, 1956, Monoplacophora, Polychaeta, Polyplacophora Gray, 1821, Scaphopoda Bronn, 1862
    rank: Class

Geographic Coverages

Afghanistan, Africa, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Dalmatia, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, SAR China, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Melanesia, Mexico, Micronesia, Federated States of, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestinian Territory, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn, Poland, Polynesia, Portugal, Qatar, Réunion, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna Islands, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Yves Samyn
originator
position: curator
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences - Department of Scientific Heritage Service
Vautierstraat 29
Brussels
1000
BE
Thomas Vandenberghe
metadata author
position: Data manager
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
Vautierstraat 29
Brussels
1000
BE
email: tvandenberghe@naturalsciences.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9269-6548
Patrick Semal
content provider
position: Head of Section Scientific Heritage
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
Vautierstraat 29
Brussels
1000
BE
email: psemal@naturalsciences.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4048-7728
administrative point of contact
Biodiversity and Ecological Data and Information Centre - Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
Vautierstraat 29
Brussels
1000
BE
email: info@bedic.be
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