Census of Marine Malacofauna of the Italian Coasts

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Latest version published by National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics on May 21, 2026 National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics
Publication date:
May 21, 2026
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Description

The census of the Italian marine malacofauna took shape in 1982 by a group of researchers: Daniele Bedulli, Bruno Dell'Angelo, Piero Piani and Gianni Spada with a publication in the Bollettino di Malacologia (Bedulli D., Dell'Angelo B., Piani P., Spada G. 1982. Project for the census of the Italian marine malacofauna. Bollettino Malacologico, 18, 85-94). Subsequently, Filippo Bassignani, Vincenzo Iacono and Bruno Sabelli collaborated on the project, as well as 93 collectors.The Census of the Italian Marine Malacofauna was a research project by the S.I.M. (Italian Society of Malacology) coordinated by Prof. D. Bedulli of the Department of Evolutionary and Functional Biology of the University of Parma. The project was conceived to increase and organize knowledge on the distribution of marine molluscs of the Italian coasts. This research was necessary because knowledge on the biogeography of the Mediterranean was quantitatively scarce and highlighted a lack of biogeographic data. The aim of the research was to create a database of marine molluscs present on the Italian coasts and their density. Each piece of data (presence and density of a species) is completed by some environmental parameters (e.g. depth, environment, type of substrate, etc.). The main objective of this census was to study the qualitative composition of the coastal malacocenoses of the Italian peninsula and to determine the biogeographic distribution patterns of the different mollusc species, to identify the Lessepsian migrations and the anthropochoric introductions. The data were obtained through a coordinated system of collectors, as well as using the results of various campaigns conducted by research institutions such as: Universities, ENEA, etc. The data collected were checked by SIM "trustees" especially with regard to the systematics.These data come from the old ENEA database, managed by the S. Teresa Centre of ENEA, which collected the data of The Census of the Italian Marine Malacofauna.

Data Records

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Occurrence (core)
18571
ExtendedMeasurementOrFact 
37142

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Barsanti, M., Bedulli, D., Dell’Angelo, B., Piani, P., Spada, G., Bassignani, F., Iacono, V., Sabelli, B., & Bruschi, A. (2025). Census of Marine Malacofauna of the Italian Coasts [Dataset]. https://doi.org/10.17882/105381

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GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: c1386f11-41a6-4b3f-9012-415acb19b0ab.  National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Ocean Biodiversity Information System.

Keywords

Occurrence; Occurrence

Contacts

Mattia Barsanti
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
ENEA, Centro Ricerche Ambiente Marino S. Teresa
Lerici
La Spezia
IT
Daniele Bedulli
  • Originator
Dipartimento di Biologia Evolutiva e Funzionale dell'Universita' di Parma
Aldo Bruschi
  • Originator
Centro Ricerche Ambiente Marino S. Teresa, ENEA
IT
Filippo Bassignani
  • Originator
Dipartimento di Biologia Evolutiva e Funzionale dell'Universita' di Parma
Bruno Dell' Angelo
  • Originator
Istituto e Museo di Zoologia, Università di Bologna
Vincenzo Iacono
  • Originator
Membro della Società Italiana di Malacologia
Piero Piani
  • Originator
Membro della Società Italiana di Malacologia
Bruno Sabelli
  • Originator
Universita' di Bologna
Gianni Spada
  • Originator
Istituto e Museo di Zoologia, Università di Bologna
Daniele Scarponi
  • Originator
Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali
Bologna
Nikola Holodkov
  • Curator
National Institute for Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (OGS)

Geographic Coverage

Census of Marine Malacofauna of the Italian Coasts

Bounding Coordinates South West [35.246, 5.713], North East [47.695, 19.512]

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1958-01-20 / 1997-10-17

Project Data

No Description available

Title Census of Marine Malacofauna of the Italian Coasts

The personnel involved in the project:

Mattia Barsanti

Additional Metadata

Acknowledgements
Alternative Identifiers c1386f11-41a6-4b3f-9012-415acb19b0ab
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