Abstract:
Polar - tropical biodiversity comparisons are becoming essential in order to investigate fully the origin and maintenance of the larger scale patterns of life on Earth. Although many polar data are now readily to hand it is often more difficult to locate accurate and up to date tropical datasets to use in direct comparisons. This dataset represents an attempt to rectify this imbalance using two of the largest clades in shallow tropical seas at the present day. The data were obtained from primary published literature which is fully referenced below and in the companion research paper to this dataset. They relate to nine regional localities which stretch across the tropical realm from the Indo-West Pacific to the Americas. For each locality there is a full species list, with each species being assigned to both a genus and family. The latest taxonomic references have been used to ensure that all these lists are based on current biological nomenclature.
Funding:
Partly from NERC grant NE/I005803/1
Partly from BAS core funds
Keywords:
Imparidentia, Neogastropoda, mollusca, polar-tropical comparisons, species lists, tropical high diversity
Crame, A. (2025). Inventory of tropical, shallow marine molluscs from twelve regional localities (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/482dc331-81c0-4dd1-9d0e-aeeec5442132
| Access Constraints: | Under embargo until publication of associated article. |
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| Use Constraints: | Data supplied under Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/. |
| Creation Date: | 2025-05-28 |
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| Dataset Progress: | Complete |
| Dataset Language: | English |
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| Name | UK Polar Data Centre |
| Role(s) | Metadata Author |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Dr Alistair J Crame |
| Role(s) | Investigator, Technical Contact |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Parent Dataset: | N/A |
| Reference: | Associated publication: tbc Locality definition and taxonomic references: The following bibliographies for each region contain references to both the Imparidentia and Neogastropoda clade occurrences. Some general references are given below: Crame JA 2000 Evolution of taxonomic diversity gradients in the marine realm: evidence from the composition of Recent bivalve faunas. Paleobiology 26, 188-214 (see ''Database bibliography'' pp. 212-214). https://doi.org/10.1666/0094-8373(2000)0260188:EOTDGI2.0.CO;2 Petit RE, Harasewych MG 2005 Catalogue of the superfamily Cancellarioidea Forbes and Hanley, 1851 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). 2nd edition. Zootaxa, 1102, 1-161. Petuch EJ, Berschauer DP 2021 Tropical marine mollusks. An illustrated biogeographical guide. Boca Raton, USA, CRC Press Robin A 2021 Compendium of marine gastropods. Paris, AFC-Xenophora, Harxheim, Germany, ConchBooks Western Australia: Wilson BR, Stevenson SE 1977 Cardiidae of Western Australia. Spec. Publs West. Aust. Mus. 9, 1-114. Wells FE, Slack-Smith SM 1986 Part IV. Molluscs. Faunal surveys of the Rowley Shoals, Scott Reef, North-West Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Suppl. 25, 41-57. Lamprell K, Whitehead T 1992 Bivalves of Australia Vol. 1. Bathurst, Crawford House Press. Taylor JD, Glover EA 1997 A chemosymbiotic lucinid bivalve (Bivalvia: Lucinoidea) with periostracal pipes: functional morphology and description of a new genus and species. In The marine flora and fauna of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. (ed. FE Wells), Western Australian Museum, Perth, 335-361. Lamprell K, Healy J 1998. Bivalves of Australia Vol. 2. Leiden, Backhuys. Slack-Smith SM Bryce CW 2004 A survey of the benthic molluscs of the Dampier Archipelago : Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Suppl. 66, 221-245. https://doi.org/10.18195/issn.0313-122x.66.2004.221-245 Taylor JD, Glover EA (2004) Diversity and distribution of subtidal benthic molluscs from the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia; results of the 1999 dredge survey (DA2/99). Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 66: 247-291, https://doi.org/10.18195/issn.0313-122x.66.2004.247-291 Glover EA, Taylor JD 2008 Callucina and Pseudolucinisca (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Lucinidae) from Australia; revision of genera and description of three new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 24, 443-457. Willan RC, Bryce C, Slack-Smith,SM 2015 Kimberley marine biota. Historical data: molluscs. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Suppl. 84, 287-343. https://doi.org/10.18195/issn.0313-122x.84.2015.287-343 Poorten, JJ, Kirkendale LA, Poutiers J-M 2017 The Cardiidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of tropical northern Australia: A synthesis of taxonomy, biodiversity and biogeography with the description of four new species. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 32, 101-190. https://doi.org/10.18195/issn.0312-3162.32(2).2017.101-190 Kirkendale L, Poorten JJ, Middlefart P, Carter JG 2021 A new photosymbiotic marine bivalve with window shell microstructure (Cardiidae: Fraginae). Phuket mar. boil. Cent. Res. Bull. 78, 125-138. https://doi.org/10.14456/pmbcrb.2021.9 Poorten JJ 2024 A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim, Germany, Conch Books. Queensland and Northern Territory: Hinton AG 1972 Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific. Charles E Tuttle Co, Rutland, Vermont. Robertson R 1981 List of shell-bearing mollusks observed and collected at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Tryonia 4, 1-32. Willan RC 1993 Taxonomic revision of the family Psammobiidae (Bivalvia: Tellinoidea) in the Australian and New Zealand region. Recs Aust. Mus. Suppl. 18, 1-132 doi.org/10.3853/j.0812-7387.18.1993.53 Lamprell K, Whitehead T 1992 Bivalves of Australia Vol. 1. Bathurst, Crawford House Press. Lamprell K, Healy J 1998. Bivalves of Australia Vol. 2. Leiden, Backhuys. Glover EA, Taylor JD, William, ST 2008 Mangrove-associated lucinid bivalves of the central Indo-West Pacific: Review of the ''Austriella''' group with a new genus and species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, suppl. 18, 25-40. Healy JM, Potter DG 2010 A preliminary checklist of the marine bivalves (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of Moreton Bay, Queensland. Mems Queensl. Mus.-Nature, 54, 235-252. Maxwell SJ, Congdon BC, Rymer TL 2016 A new species of Vasticardium (Bivalvia: Cardiidae) from Queensland, Australia. The Festivus, 48, 248-252. Poorten, JJ, Kirkendale LA, Poutiers J-M 2017 The Cardiidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of tropical northern Australia: A synthesis of taxonomy, biodiversity and biogeography with the description of four new species. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 32, 101-190. doi.org/10.18195/10.18195/issn.0312-3162.32(2).2017.101-19 Kirkendale L, Poorten JJ, Middlefart P, Carter JG 2021 A new photosymbiotic marine bivalve with window shell microstructure (Cardiidae: Fraginae). Phuket mar. boil. Cent. Res. Bull. 78, 125-138. Poorten JJ 2024 A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim, Germany, Conch Books. East China Sea: Bernard FH, Cai Y, Morton B 1993 Catalogue of the living marine bivalve molluscs of China. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Univ. Press. Glover EA, Taylor JD, William, ST 2008 Mangrove-associated lucinid bivalves of the central Indo-West Pacific: Review of the ''Austriella'' group with a new genus and species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, suppl. 18, 25-40. Wen Y 2017 Color atlas of molluscs of the South China Sea. Hackenhiem, Germany, Conchbooks Yu Y, Jiao Y, Zhang J 2024 Description of a new species of the genus Cultellus Schumacher, 1817 (Bivalvia, Pharidae) from the South China Sea, based on integrative taxonomy. Zoosyst. Evol. 100, 425-436. doi.org/10.3897/zse.100.113972 Indonesia/Philippines: Hinton AG 1972 Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific. Rutland, Vermont, Charles E Tuttle Co Houart R 1985 Mollusca Gastropoda: Noteworthy Muricidae from the Pacific Ocean, with description of seven new species. Mem. Mus. Nat. Hist. ser. A Zool. 133, 427-455. Ponder WF, Vokes EH 1988 A revision of the Indo-West Pacific fossil and Recent species of Murex s.s. and Haustellum (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae). Rec. Aust. Mus. Suppl. 8, 1-160. doi.org/10.3853/j.0812-7387.8.1988.96 Wells FE 2002 Molluscs recorded at the Raja Ampat Islands. A marine rapid assessment of the Raja Ampat Islands, Papua Province, Indonesia. (eds SA McKenna, GR Allen, S Suryadi), pp. 113-131. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment, 22. Conservation International, Washington, D.C. Robin A, Martin J-C 2004 Mitridae Costellariidae. Paris, France, AFC Xenophora Dharma, B. (2005) Recent and fossil Indonesian shells., Haxenheim, Germany, ConchBooks Glover EA, Taylor JD, William, ST 2008 Mangrove-associated lucinid bivalves of the central Indo-West Pacific: Review of the ''Austriella'' group with a new genus and species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, suppl. 18, 25-40. Poppe GT 2008a Philippine marine mollusks. Vol. I (Gastropoda - Part 1). Conch Books, Hackenheim. Poppe GT 2008b Philippine marine mollusks. Vol. II (Gastropoda - Part 2). Conch Books, Hackenheim. Bouchet P 2008 The mighty numbers of Philippine marine molluscs. In Philippine marine molluscs Vol 1 (ed GT Poppe) pp.8-16, Hackenheim, Germany, ConchBoos. Poorten, JJ 2009 The Cardiidae of the Panglao marine biodiversity project 2004 and the Panglao 2005 deep-sea cruise with descriptions of four new species (Bivalvia). Vita Malacologica, 8, 9-6. Poppe GT 2010 Philippine marine mollusks. Vol. III (Gastropoda - Part 3 & Bivalvia - Part 1). Conch Books, Hackenheim. Tan SK, Woo HPM 2010 A preliminary checklist of the molluscs of Singapore. Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore, 1-78. Poppe GT 2011 Philippine marine mollusks. Vol. IV (Bivalvia - Part 2, Scaphopoda, Polyplacophora, Cephalopoda & Addenda). Conch Books, Hackenheim. Rosenberg G 2011 A new species of Lienardia (Gastropoda: Comoidea) from the Philippines and the Spratly Islands. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 161, 105-115. Poorten JJ 2012 Fulvia (Fulvia) nienkeae spec. nov., a new Fulvia from the central Indo-West Pacific (Bivalvia, Cardiidae). Basteria 76, 117-125. Glover EA, Taylor JD 2016 Lucinidae of the Philippines: highest known diversity and ubiquity of chemosymbiotic bivalves from intertidal to bathyal depths. In Tropical Deep Sea Benthos, 29 (eds V Heros, E Strong, P Bouchet), pp. 65-234. Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. Poorten, JJ, Kirkendale LA, Poutiers J-M 2017 The Cardiidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of tropical northern Australia: A synthesis of taxonomy, biodiversity and biogeography with the description of four new species. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 32, 101-190. doi.org/10.18195/10.18195/issn.0312-3162.32(2).2017.101-19 Ramos DAE, Batomalaque GA, Anticamara JA 2018 Current status of Philippine mollusk museum collections and research, and their implications on biodiversity science and conservation. Phil. J Sci. 147, 123-163. Fedosov AE, Puillandre N 2020 Integrative taxonomy of the Clavus canalicularis species complex (Drilliidae, Conoidea, Gastropoda) with description of four new species. Moll. Res. 40, 251-266. Kirkendale L, Poorten JJ, Middlefart P, Carter JG 2021 A new photosymbiotic marine bivalve with window shell microstructure (Cardiidae: Fraginae). Phuket mar. boil. Cent. Res. Bull. 78, 125-138. doi.org/10.14456/pmbcrb.2021.9 doi.org/10.14456/pmbcrb.2021.9 Sakilan JM 2021 Assessment of Conus species (Gastropoda: Conidae) at selected shorelines of Sulu, Philippines. J Bio. Env. Sci. 18, 96-101. Poorten JJ 2024 A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim, Germany, Conch Books. Hamli H, Yusof MH, Idris MH 2024 Distribution and community structure of tropical gastropods in the intertidal area of Bintulu, Borneo. Mal. Appl. Biol. 53, 131-141. doi.org/10.55230/mabjournal.v53i6.17 Tropical Western Atlantic Mikkelsen PM Bieler R 2000 Marine bivalves of the Florida Keys: discovered biodiversity. In Evolutionary biology of the Bivalvia (eds EM Harper, JD Taylor, JA Crame), pp. 367-387. Geological Society of London Special Publications, 177. Rosenberg G 2009 Malacolog 4.1.1: A database of Western Atlantic marine Mollusca. (WWW database (version 4.1.1)). http://www.malacolog.org. Rodriguez-Sevilla L, Vargas R, Cortes J 2009 Part 28 Benthic, shelled gastropods In Marine biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central America (eds IS Wehrtmann, J Cortes) pp. 333-356. Berlin, Germany, Springer Nature. doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8278-8_31 Petuch EJ 2013 Biogeography and biodiversity of Western Atlantic Mollusks. Boca Raton, USA, CRC Press. doi.org/10.1201/b14798 Panamic Province: Keen AM 1971 Seashells of tropical west America. 2nd edn. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA. Keen AM, Coan E 1974 Marine molluscan genera of western North America: An Illustrated key. Stanford, CA. Bernard FR 1983 Catalogue of the living Bivalvia of the Eastern Pacific Ocean: Bering Strait to Cape Horn. Canadian Spec. Pub. Fisheries and Aquatic Sci. 61, 1-102. Skoglund C 1992 Additions to the Panamic Province gastropod (Mollusca) literature 1971 to 1992. The Festivus, 24, Suppl., 1-169. doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.129425 Skoglund C 2002 Panamic Province molluscan literature. Additions and changes from 1971 through 2001. The Festivus, 33, Suppl., 1-286. Coan EV, Valentich-Scott P 2012 Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Santa Barbara Mus. Nat. Hist. Monographs, 6. Guam: Kay EA 1995 Pacific island marine mollusks: Systematics. Marine and coastal biodiversity in the tropical island Pacific region. Vol. 1. Species systematics and information management priorities (eds JE Maragos, MNA Peterson, LC Eldredge, JE Bardach, HF Takeuchi), pp.135-159. East-West Center, Honolulu. Carlson C, Hoff PJ 2003 The opisthobranchs of the Marianas Islands. Micronesica 35-36, 271-293. Hinton AG 1972 Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific Rutland, Vermont Charles E. Tuttle Co. Smith BD 2003 Prosobranch gastropods of Guam. Micronesica 35-36, 244-270. Paulay G 2003 Marine diversity of Guam and the Marianas: overview. Micronesica 35-36, 3-25. French Polynesia: Ponder WF, Vokes EH 1988 A revision of the Indo-West Pacific fossil and Recent species of Murex s.s. and Haustellum (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae). Rec. Aust. Mus. Suppl. 8, 1-160. Houart R 1990 Description of two new species of Muricidae (Gastropoda). Apex 5, 7-12. Houart R, Trondle J 1997 Additions to ''Les Muricidae de Polynésie Francaise'' and description of a new species of Morula Schumacher, 1817 (Muricidae, Rapaninae) from French Polynesia. Apex 12, 1-7. Robin A, Martin J-C 2004 Mitridae Costellariidae. Paris, France, AFC Xenophora Trondle J, Boutet M 2009 Inventory of marine molluscs of French Polynesia. Atoll Res. Bull., 570, 1-87. Boutet M, Gourguet R, Letourneux J 2020 Marine molluscs of French Polynesia. Tahiti, Au Vent des iles. 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Poorten, JJ, Kirkendale LA, Poutiers J-M 2017 The Cardiidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of tropical northern Australia: A synthesis of taxonomy, biodiversity and biogeography with the description of four new species. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 32, 101-190. Fedosov AE, Puillandre N 2020 Integrative taxonomy of the Clavus canalicularis species complex (Drilliidae, Conoidea, Gastropoda) with description of four new species. Moll. Res. 40, 251-266. Robin A, Martin J-C 2004 Mitridae Costellariidae. Paris, France, AFC Xenophora Tardy E, Stahlschmidt P 2022 Shallow water turrids of Iles des Pins, New Caledonia (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 129, 167-219 |
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| Quality: | Continual checks until publication to ensure that the latest taxonomic names and classifications are included. | |
| Lineage: | Data gathered from primary literature sources and some websites over a number of years. It has been constantly updated and revised by the author. Literature was identified that contained tropical mollusc species information but not through a systematic review. Data are split into Neogastropoda and Imparidentia Regions are classified into the following 9 regions: - Western Australia - Essentially the Bonaparte Archipelago (around 14 degrees S) south to approximately 30 degrees S (Crame 2000, table 1). - Queensland and Northern Territory - Essentially the Darwin area to Brisbane; both offshore reef and coastal faunas included (Crame 2000, table 1). - East China Sea - East China Sea, Yellow Sea, southern Honshu, Taiwan, Hong Kong (Crame 2000, table 1). - Indonesia/Philippines - Essentially the Indonesian and Philippinian subprovinces of Petuch & Berschauer (2021, fig, 6.1); see also Crame 2000, table 1. It should be noted that a considerable amount of work remains to be done on the prolific micromollusc fauna from this region, but it is estimated that the total gastropod fauna may well eventually be in excess of 10,000 species (Bouchet 2008). - Tropical Western Atlantic - Northern limit set as South Carolina (around 35 degrees N) and the southernmost on the South American coast at Guyana (5 degrees N). All principal Caribbean islands included but Gulf of Mexico excluded. Essentially the Caribbean Molluscan Province of Petuch & Berschauer (2021, fig. 2.3). - Panamic Province - Boundaries as defined in Crame 2000, table 1 and Petuch & Berschauer 2021, fig. 4.3. - Guam - Coral reef and associated shallow marine habitats surrounding the largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands. Although mcrogastropods are understudied, the shallow-water marine biota of Guam is the best documented anywhere in Micronesia (Paulay 2003). - French Polynesia - A total of 1977 gastropod species from 118 volcanic and low coral reef islands includes 491 morphospecies (Trondle and Boutet 2009). Many micromollusc groups still under review. - New Caledonia - Intensive sampling obtained approximately 3200 gastropod species from less than 100m water depth, many of which are tiny, rare, and yet to be formally described (Bouchet et al. 2002; Heros et al. 2007). |
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| Start Date | 2015-01-01 |
| End Date | 2025-05-28 |
| Location: | |
| Location | Tropics |
| Detailed Location | Western Australia |
| Location | Tropics |
| Detailed Location | New Caledonia |
| Location | Tropics |
| Detailed Location | Tropical West Atlantic |
| Location | Tropics |
| Detailed Location | East China Sea |
| Location | Tropics |
| Detailed Location | Indonesia - Philippines |
| Location | Tropics |
| Detailed Location | Queensland and Northern Territory |
| Location | Tropics |
| Detailed Location | Guam |
| Location | Tropics |
| Detailed Location | Panamic Province |
| Location | Tropics |
| Detailed Location | French Polynesia |
| Data Storage: | This dataset consists of 2 .csv files: Bivalves_Imparidentia_Species_List.csv (212 KB) Gastropods_Neogastropoda_Species_List.csv (293 KB) |
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