This site currently provides access to nomenclatural, distribution, and ecological information on 72597 names representing 28357 species of Indo-Pacific Mollusks. Georeferenced specimen records from ANSP related to these names are available for search through the OBIS global digital atlas

The primary objective of this project is to provide a database of the estimated 25,000 named species of mollusks in the Indo-Pacific region, with summary data on their distribution and ecology. Another objective is to combine Indo-Pacific data with existing databases for Western Atlantic and Europe marine mollusk species and for higher taxa of mollusks to form the basis of a global database of Mollusca. This database will provide a uniform framework for linking specimen records from museum collections and data from fisheries to show spatial and temporal patterns of occurrence and abundance.

Project Staff

• The Academy of Natural Sciences
• Gary Rosenberg rosenberg@ansp.org Editor in chief
• Paul J. Morris mole@morris.net Database Management
• Mark Kitson [former]
• Sarah Watson [former]
• Elana Benamy benamy@acnatsci.org
• Jason Weintraub weintraub@acnatsci.org
• Jennifer Kolb [former]
• The Australian Museum
• Winston Ponder winstonp@austmus.gov.au Editor, Indo-west Pacific
• Peter Middelfart peterm@austmus.gov.au Editor, Indo-west Pacific
• Holly Barlow hollyb@austmus.gov.au
• Shannon Reid shannonr@austmus.gov.au
• Julianna O'Callaghan juliannao@austmus.gov.au
• Museum national d'Histoire naturelle
• Philippe Bouchet bouchet@cimrs1.mnhn.frEditor, Higher Taxa
• The California Academy of Sciences
• Terry Gosliner tgosline@calacademy.org Editor, Opistobranchs
• Julia Fabrega jfabrega@calacademy.org
• Delisse Ortiz [former]

Project Documents

• Project description from original OBIS proposal
• Original Protocol for data entry in BioLink
• Data Entry Toolkit download/help