Natal Museum Dredging Programme marine mollusc data

John Midgley1, Hannelie Snyman2

1 KwaZulu-Natal Museum, 237 Jabu Ndlovu Street, 3201, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; 2 

Corresponding author(s): John Midgley (jmidgley@nmsa.org.za)

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Abstract

A total of 1645 marine offshore molluscs species from five classes. 1997

Keywords: Occurrence. Marine gastropoda, marine bivalvia, scaphopoda, cephalopoda, polyplacophora. Natal Museum Dredging Programme, benthic molluscs., Specimen

General description

Additional information: Acknowledgement required by KwaZulu-Natal Museum

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt.sanbi.org.za/resource?r=mollusc_dredge_records_nmsa_nmdp

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Polyplacophora. Marine Snails. Species and subspecies.
Taxonomic ranks
Phylum: Mollusca

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Samples collected along the coastline from Cape Columbine on the West Coast to Kosi Bay on the East Coast of South Africa
Coordinates: 35°36'0''S and 90°0'0''N Latitude; 26°53'60''W and 17°23'60''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: August 11, 1981 - May 6, 1997

Methods

Method step description: N/A
Study extent description: Natal Museum
Sampling description: Sampling was by dredge (a modified version of an Agassi style trawl) which were towed approximately 10 min at each station.
Quality control description: Identification were done by experts in the field of malacology and subsequent data cleaning occurred in the form of station coordinate verification, nomenclature status using WoRMS, removal of records that were ambiguous. Only occurrences identified to species level or lower were included and duplicate catalogue numbers checked and fixed. Type specimens received special attention to ensure the type status and type numbers are correct.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Natal Museum Dredging Programme marine mollusc data
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Distribution: https://ipt.sanbi.org.za/archive.do?r=mollusc_dredge_records_nmsa_nmdp
Publication date of data: 2024-03-26
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2024-02-28
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