Wikipedia:WikiProject Gastropods/Links

Online resources for information on gastropods NOTE: Most of this info and these comments date from 2011, and so may now be out-of-date.

'''Note: Be careful with using taxonomic info from the websites of many shell dealers. Individual shell collectors' sites also range from good to unreliable.'''

Please help expand and improve these tables. Some of the sites are better organized and easier to search than others. Some are ones from which info shows up in google searches, but are not necessarily suitable to search routinely.

No one resource is complete for all information. In this Wikipedia project we are trying to use the most reliable taxonomic information. Currently (29/5/2010) that is true at least in the family articles, see also the resources listed in those articles.

Sites not yet assessed Can I ask what other people think of:
 * Global Biodiversity Information Facility GBIF?
 * The Taxonomicon?
 * Zipcode.com, a site listing biological taxonomic rankings of many species, not just gastropods. Fine as far as it goes, but contains many out of date synonyms and the taxa are not in line with Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
 * seaslug.com, a comprehensive listing of all nudibranchs. Generally OK, but contains some synonyms, so care must be taken. Perhaps best used in combination with another site to double-check a reference.
 * | Nudibranch Systematic Index A listing of 6200 nudibranch reprints and books. Very comprehensive and useful for checking the binomial nomenclature of a nudibranch species. Use the search feature to find a certain family, genus or species. Seems to be up to date as far as I have checked. I know that JoJan has used this site before too.
 * http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome.htm - may be useful to get at least minimal approximate number of species in a certain family (if the website uses up to date taxonomy)
 * Terrestrial molluscs of Canada

See also
 * Biodiversity Informatics
 * Biodiversity Heritage Library