Quaternary Marine Mollusk Species from the Azov-Black Sea Region

Seven collections of Quaternary marine malacofauna are documented in a species list from the Azov-Black Sea region. The data is stored as a 503.5 KB DOC file and was authored by Galina Anfimova. It was last updated on May 12, 2026, and is licensed for reuse under CC-BY-4.0.

Use Cases

• Study species composition changes in Quaternary marine environments based on the described fossil collections.
• Analyze paleoecological conditions of the Azov-Black Sea region based on the listed malacofauna.
• Cross-reference museum collection holdings for taxonomic research based on the listed institutional deposits.

Strengths

• Lists species from seven distinct collections, providing a multi-source perspective.
• Specifies the two Ukrainian academic institutions where the physical collections are deposited.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, allowing for broad reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative analysis.
• The data is provided in a DOC format, which may require conversion for computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

Collections deposited in the National Museum of Natural History and the Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Time Range

Quaternary period

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 19:01:52; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Azov-Black Sea region