The Taiwan Malacofauna Database (Academia Sinica)

Type

Collection

Collection Identifier

c0512

Description

The Taiwan Malacofauna Database includes the following sub-database: 1. The Catalogue database-Basic information with photos of each species. 2. The Distribution database-Through the web-site, users can learn the shell distribution in Taiwan area. 3. The Bibliographic database. 4. The Curatorial database-One can inquire about the approximately 10,000 lots and 2,000 species of mollusks inventory at the Laboratory of Malacology, Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica. 5. The Chinese shell names of the world shells-The Chinese names of 4,200 common species in the world are provided for promoting the unification of Chinese molluscan names. 6. The n. sp. Shell Database-More than 30 new species been reported from the Taiwan Waters since 1960. 7. The Miscellaneous.

Language

Chinese;Engliah 

Rights

link

Subject

Zoology

Spatial Coverage

Taiwan

Owner

Research Center for Biodiversity, Academia Sinica

Is Located At

Biodiversity Research Museum, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Is Accessed Via

link: http://shell.sinica.edu.tw/english/index_e.php

Super-Collection

Zoology