Name: Quantitative data of a molluscan community living in Posidonia oceanica at the south coast of Crete, Greece, 2017
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Quantitative data of a molluscan community living in Posidonia oceanica at the south coast of Crete, Greece, 2017

URL

http://ipt.medobis.eu/resource?r=posidoniaoceanica_crete

Repository URL

http://ipt.medobis.eu/

Node

MedOBIS

Published

2025-01-22 09:38

First registered

2023-01-02 16:33

Abstract

The dataset contains abundance data of benthic molluscs collected in a Posidonia oceanica meadow in Plakias, SW Crete, Greece, eastern Mediterranean Sea.

The sampling occurred in spring and autumn, along a depth transect with stations at 5, 10, 15 and 20 m, and separately for the leaf and rhizome strata. The minimum mesh size is 1 mm.

Citation

Martina Holzknecht & Paolo G. Albano, Mollusca from Posidonia oceanica meadow in Plakias, Crete, Greece (Eastern Mediterranean), 2017

Rights

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Keywords

sampling event, Posidonia oceanica;, Mollusca;, Lessepsian invasion;, Crete; Greece;, Aegean-Levantine Sea, http://marineregions.org/mrgid/22169, Samplingevent

Contacts

Creator	Martina Holzknecht Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna
Contact	Paolo G. Albano Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Metadata Provider	Martina Holzknecht Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna
Principal Investigator	Paolo G. Albano Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Custodian Steward	Dimitra Mavraki Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Custodian Steward	Melina Loulakaki Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Principal Investigator	Paolo G. Albano Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn

Statistics

Occurrence records	858
Species level	828
Absence records	4,422
Event records	58
MoF records	0
Sequence records	0
Species	104
Taxa	110
Time range	2017 - 2017

This dataset has appeared in 689 downloads in 2025, with a total of 335,218 records.

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	0
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	48

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	5,280	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	0
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	0

Top taxa

IUCN Red List All taxa IUCN Red List All taxa IUCN Red List All taxa

Scientific name	Records
Jujubinus exasperatus (Pennant, 1777) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	48
Bittium latreillii (Payraudeau, 1826) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	43
Tricolia pullus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	38
Bittium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	36
Tricolia speciosa (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	36
Pusillina radiata (R. A. Philippi, 1836) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	28
Rissoa angustior (Monterosato, 1917) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	28
Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	27
Alvania mamillata Risso, 1826 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	26
Striarca lactea (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	23

Distribution

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Data providers

Name	OceanExpert ID
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture	6715
The Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn	8450
Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna

Occurrences

	scientificName	eventDate	decimalLongitude	decimalLatitude	collectionCode	catalogNumber