Table 3 Fields and full description of the database records.

From: A curated dataset on the distribution of West Palaearctic freshwater bivalves

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

UNIQID

Database unique identifier

SPECIES

Species name

FAMILY

Family name of the species

DAY

Day of the record

MONTH

Month of the record

YEAR

Year of the record

LATITUDE

Latitude in WGS84 decimals

LONGITUDE

Longitude in WGS84 decimals

TYPE OF RECORD

Type of record collected (observation, reference and museum voucher)

RECORDED BY

Person who recorded the observation

COMPILED BY

Name of compiler of the information

REFERENCE

Complete literature reference