Occurrence datasets of Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) of Kenya mobilized from the Zoological Collection of National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi and Literature
Dernière version Publié par National Museums of Kenya le Nov 16, 2018
Occurrence datasets of freshwater snails (Gastropoda) housed at the historical records of the Zoological Collection of National Museums of Kenya (NMK) in Nairobi and updated with literature is provided to present extent of occurrence of freshwater snails in Kenya and elsewhere. A total of 24 species of freshwater snails (gastropods) accompanied with information on the species distribution (Locality and georeferenced information) is presented. The occurrence data indicate that majority of the gastropods voucher material housed at NMK collections were collected from Kenya. A number of material however are from other countries particularly Tanzania and Uganda. The occurrence data also indicate that Melanoides tuberculata is the most widespread freshwater snail species in Kenya and Eastern Africa. Several species appears restricted to one wetland. For instance, Biomphalaria choanomphala, Bellamya costulata and Bellamya constricta appeared restricted to Lake Victoria. The presented information contributes in enhancing knowledge of freshwater gastropods biodiversity. The presented information is also important for application in planning conservation of biodiversity by using the data for focusing conservation efforts in the species geographical ranges. The information presented also forms basis for planning research on gastropods to further promote knowledge on gastropods biodiversity. The project was funded by the European Union through GBIF to mobilize freshwater snails information housed at Zoological collection of the National Museums of Kenya and literature.
Enregistrements de données
Les données de cette ressource occurrence ont été publiées sous forme d'une Archive Darwin Core (Darwin Core Archive ou DwC-A), le format standard pour partager des données de biodiversité en tant qu'ensemble d'un ou plusieurs tableurs de données. Le tableur de données du cœur de standard (core) contient 203 enregistrements.
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| Données sous forme de fichier DwC-A (zip) | télécharger 203 enregistrements dans Anglais (9 KB) - Fréquence de mise à jour: inconnue |
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| Métadonnées sous forme de fichier EML | télécharger dans Anglais (12 KB) |
| Métadonnées sous forme de fichier RTF | télécharger dans Anglais (9 KB) |
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Comment citer
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Lange C, Monda L, Busienei W (2018): Occurrence datasets of Freshwater Snails (Gastropoda) of Kenya mobilized from the Zoological Collection of National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi and Literature. v1.2. National Museums of Kenya. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.museums.or.ke/ipt/resource?r=snailsoccurence&v=1.2
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Enregistrement GBIF
Cette ressource a été enregistrée sur le portail GBIF, et possède l'UUID GBIF suivante : 9efc2821-3026-48be-8018-5a0f75f25706. National Museums of Kenya publie cette ressource, et est enregistré dans le GBIF comme éditeur de données avec l'approbation du GBIF Kenya.
Mots-clé
Occurrence; Gastropoda; Specimen; snails; Zoological collections; National Museums of Kenya; Specimen
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Couverture géographique
The freshwater snails were collected from various localities in Kenya and other African countries.
| Enveloppe géographique | Sud Ouest [-34.597, -15.117], Nord Est [37.996, 55.195] |
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Couverture taxonomique
Pas de description disponible
| Class | Gastropoda |
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Données sur le projet
Occurrence datasets of freshwater snails (Gastropoda) housed at the historical records of the Zoological Collection of National Museums of Kenya (NMK) in Nairobi and updated with literature is provided to present extent of occurrence of freshwater snails in Kenya and elsewhere. A total of 24 species of freshwater snails (gastropods) accompanied with information on the species distribution (Locality and georeferenced information) is presented. The occurrence data indicate that majority of the gastropods voucher material housed at NMK collections were collected from Kenya. A number of material however are from other countries particularly Tanzania and Uganda. The occurrence data also indicate that Melanoides tuberculata is the most widespread freshwater snail species in Kenya and Eastern Africa. Several species appears restricted to one wetland. For instance, Biomphalaria choanomphala, Bellamya costulata and Bellamya constricta appeared restricted to Lake Victoria. The presented information contributes in enhancing knowledge of freshwater gastropods biodiversity. The presented information is also important for application in planning conservation of biodiversity by using the data for focusing conservation efforts in the species geographical ranges. The information presented also forms basis for planning research on gastropods to further promote knowledge on gastropods biodiversity. The project was funded by the European Union through GBIF to mobilize freshwater snails information housed at Zoological collection of the National Museums of Kenya and literature.
| Titre | Mobilizing freshwater snails’ biodiversity datasets for advancing biodiversity knowledge access, conservation and human wellbeing in Kenya |
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| Identifiant | BID-AF2015-0045-SMA |
| Financement | European Union through GBIF |
| Description du domaine d'étude / de recherche | Dry and wet preserved collection within the National Museums of Kenya (NMK) and literature searches |
| Description du design | Species occurrence data captured in excel spreadsheets. Data aligned to the Darwin core standards before publishing through the museum’s IPT. Data published through: GBIF: http://ipt.museums.or.ke/ipt/resource?r=nmk2017 |
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Métadonnées additionnelles
| Identifiants alternatifs | 9efc2821-3026-48be-8018-5a0f75f25706 |
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| http://ipt.museums.or.ke/ipt/resource?r=snailsoccurence |