Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland: non-marine molluscs (fossil & subfossil records)
Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland
Description
The records in this dataset are the records of fossil molluscs recorded through the Conchological Society's non-marine census which has been run since 1876. The dataset includes digital records of fossil molluscs for Great Britain held by the Society. All the survey data were collected by members of the Conchological Society and additional data are still being collected.
Geographic Description
The dataset covers Great Britain. The sampling is biased towards England with a lower level of sampling in Scotland.
Purpose
To maintain a repository of fossil mollusc records. The dataset is not definitive but are useful when considering the molluscan fauna of Great Britain over longer time scales.
Data quality
Initial validation of the records was carried out by automatically checking that the grid reference occurred within the recorded Vice County stated. The distribution maps of the data were visually checked by Adrian Norris prior to publication.
Methods
The dataset is composed of adhoc records provided by Society members.
Citation
Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland ([Insert download year]), Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland: non-marine molluscs (fossil & subfossil records). Occurrence dataset on the NBN Atlas
Rights
CC-BY
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Digitised records
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