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Mollusca-Bivalvia of the ICES North Atlantic

There are 466 species of Mollusca-Bivalvia that are commonly found in the ICES North Atlantic.

Information on the COI barcoding status of these species is presented in the table below.
MODE
A
All available COI barcodes for this taxa group (collected from any ocean and/or without geo-referencing):
  • Of the 466 total species, 353 of these species (75%) have COI barcodes (from this or any ocean).
  • There are a total of 17373 "any ocean" COI barcode records available for this ocean and taxa group.
  • All available taxa group COI barcodes will be included in the Mode A downloads.
  • MODE
    B
    Regional COI barcodes for this taxa group (includes only those collected in the ICES North Atlantic region):
  • Of the 466 total species, 0 of these species (0%) have ICES North Atlantic-collected COI barcodes.
  • There are a total of 0 "ICES North Atlantic-collected" COI barcodes available for this taxa group.
  • In the map to the right, Red Stars show sampling locations of the COI barcodes in the Mode B download.
  • Uncoded
    Species
    Of the 466 total species in this region, 113 species do not have any COI barcodes (from any region).

    Barcoding progress summary for the ICES North Atlantic region, out of a total of 466 possible species:
    • There are COI barcodes for 353 species ( 75% coverage ), of which 0 species have barcodes sampled inside this region ( 0% coverage ).
    • There are 12S barcodes for 123 species ( 26% coverage ), of which 4 species have barcodes sampled inside this region ( 0% coverage ). 
    • There are 16S barcodes for 268 species ( 57% coverage ), of which 11 species have barcodes sampled inside this region ( 2% coverage ).
    • There are 18S barcodes for 313 species ( 67% coverage ), of which 11 species have barcodes sampled inside this region ( 2% coverage ).
    • There are 28S barcodes for 287 species ( 61% coverage ), of which 7 species have barcodes sampled inside this region ( 1% coverage ).

    Change Region   [ ICES North Atlantic ] [ Baltic Sea ] [ Mediterranean Sea ]
          [ ICES western North Atlantic ] [ US-NE-LME ] [ CA-Scotian ] [ CA-GSL ] [ CA-Newfoundland-shelf ]
          [ ICES eastern North Atlantic ] [ Icelandic-Waters ] [ Faroe-Islands ] [ Norwegian-Sea ] [ Barents-Sea ] [ Celtic-Seas ] [ North-Sea ] [ Iberian-Shelf ]
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    Mollusca-Bivalvia of the ICES North Atlantic

    MZGdb DATA FILES

    Database-Version:   v2025-m03-01
    --->   Mode-A   <---

    COI barcodes = 17373
    12S barcodes = 410
    16S barcodes = 4046
    18S barcodes = 1044
    28S barcodes = 945
    Mode-B

    COI barcodes = 0
    12S barcodes = 21
    16S barcodes = 644
    18S barcodes = 34
    28S barcodes = 23
    Mode-C

    COI records = 22812
    12S records = 511
    16S records = 4920
    18S records = 1606
    28S records = 1842
    Mode-D

    COI records = 2504
    12S records = 21
    16S records = 647
    18S records = 49
    28S records = 75
    FASTA file MZGdb fasta (mode-A)

    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

    True "barcode" (species-only) data
    from ANY ocean
    (mode-A)
    MZGdb fasta (mode-B)

    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

    True "barcode" (species-only) data
    from specific ocean
    (mode-B)
    MZGdb fasta (mode-C)

    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

    Genus-spp and species data
    from ANY ocean
    (mode-C)
    MZGdb fasta (mode-D)

    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

    Genus-spp and species data
    from specific ocean
    (mode-D)
    Mothur-formatted
    Taxonomic Hierarchy file

    (paired with FASTA file above)
    MZGdb Mothur (mode-A)

    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

    True "barcode" (species-only) data
    from ANY ocean
    (mode-A)
    MZGdb Mothur (mode-B)

    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

    True "barcode" (species-only) data
    from specific ocean
    (mode-B)
    MZGdb Mothur (mode-C)

    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

    Genus-spp and species data
    from ANY ocean
    (mode-C)
    MZGdb Mothur (mode-D)

    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

    Genus-spp and species data
    from specific ocean
    (mode-D)
    MZGdb v3.0

    "full format"

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    Format Description
    CSV

    Excel-friendly full format
    comma-separated-values
    MZGdb CSV (mode-A)

    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

    True "barcode" (species-only) data
    from ANY ocean
    (mode-A)
    MZGdb CSV (mode-B)

    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

    True "barcode" (species-only) data
    from specific ocean
    (mode-B)
    MZGdb CSV (mode-C)

    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

    Genus-spp and species data
    from ANY ocean
    (mode-C)
    MZGdb CSV (mode-D)

    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

    Genus-spp and species data
    from specific ocean
    (mode-D)
    PSV

    pipe-separated-values
    MZGdb PSV (mode-A)

    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

    True "barcode" (species-only) data
    from ANY ocean
    (mode-A)
    MZGdb PSV (mode-B)

    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

    True "barcode" (species-only) data
    from specific ocean
    (mode-B)
    MZGdb PSV (mode-C)

    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

    Genus-spp and species data
    from ANY ocean
    (mode-C)
    MZGdb PSV (mode-D)

    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

    Genus-spp and species data
    from specific ocean
    (mode-D)


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