An annotated check-list is given of Bivalvia species occurring deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe.

Citation: Janssen, R.; Krylova, E.M.; (2015). Bivalvia distribution data from: Deep-sea fauna of European seas - an annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/256

Published: September 17, 2025 at 08:32

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=deepsea_bivalvia

Elena Krylova
Russian Academy of Sciences; P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology

Ronald Janssen
Senckenberg Nature Research Society; Research Institute and Natural History Museum

Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

2,103

occurrence records

231

taxa

206

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	2,103		100.0%
eventDate	18		0.9%
maximumDepthInMeters	1		0.0%
minimumDepthInMeters	1		0.0%
scientificNameID		13	0.6%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag	Records
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH	144	6.8%
MIN_DEPTH_EXCEEDS_MAX	27	1.3%
NO_MATCH	13	0.6%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME	2	0.1%
NO_DEPTH	1	0.0%

Bivalvia distribution data from: Deep-sea fauna of European seas - an annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data