<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<eml:eml xmlns:eml="eml://ecoinformatics.org/eml-2.1.1" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="eml://ecoinformatics.org/eml-2.1.1 http://rs.gbif.org/schema/eml-gbif-profile/1.0.1/eml.xsd" packageId="881fa6a0-bba5-45a7-aedc-5fa16d5d1d0a" system="https://symbiota.org" scope="system" xml:lang="eng"><dataset><alternateIdentifier>https://rwandabiodiversity.net/collections/misc/collprofiles.php?collid=11</alternateIdentifier><title xml:lang="eng">Molluscs - CoEB Natural History Museum</title><creator><organizationName>Rwanda Biodiversity Specimen</organizationName><electronicMailAddress>michaelbthomas@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress><onlineUrl>https://rwandabiodiversity.net/index.php</onlineUrl></creator><metadataProvider><organizationName>Rwanda Biodiversity Specimen</organizationName><electronicMailAddress>michaelbthomas@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress><onlineUrl>https://rwandabiodiversity.net/index.php</onlineUrl></metadataProvider><pubDate>2026-03-09</pubDate><language>eng</language><abstract><para>Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals, after Arthropoda; members are known as molluscs or mollusks. Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. Molluscs remain understudied in Rwanda.</para></abstract><contact><organizationName>Molluscs - CoEB Natural History Museum</organizationName><phone>25 078 857-6052</phone><electronicMailAddress></electronicMailAddress><onlineUrl>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276284292_Freshwater_molluscs_of_Africa_diversity_distribution_and_conservation</onlineUrl><addr><deliveryPoint>P. O. Box 117</deliveryPoint><city>Huye</city><administrativeArea>Southern Province</administrativeArea><country>Rwanda</country></addr></contact><associatedParty><individualName><surName></surName></individualName><electronicMailAddress></electronicMailAddress><role>contentProvider</role></associatedParty><associatedParty><individualName><surName>Cole</surName><givenName>Mary </givenName></individualName><positionName>Curator</positionName><electronicMailAddress>marybursey@elmuseum.za.org</electronicMailAddress><userId>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5046-6536</userId><role>contentProvider</role></associatedParty><associatedParty><individualName><surName>Twagirayezu</surName><givenName>Edmond</givenName></individualName><positionName>Collection Manager</positionName><electronicMailAddress>edmondtwagirayezu1997@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress><userId>https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5495-6648</userId><role>contentProvider</role></associatedParty><intellectualRights><para>To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the <ulink url="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"><citetitle></citetitle></ulink></para></intellectualRights></dataset><additionalMetadata><metadata><symbiota id=""><dateStamp>2026-03-09T20:48:50-07:00</dateStamp><citation identifier="55e1d1e4-ea82-4c37-ad96-31b2fb4097df">Rwanda Biodiversity Specimen - 55e1d1e4-ea82-4c37-ad96-31b2fb4097df</citation><physical><characterEncoding>UTF-8</characterEncoding><dataFormat><externallyDefinedFormat><formatName>Darwin Core Archive</formatName></externallyDefinedFormat></dataFormat></physical><collection identifier="2eca6f8d-6d1e-4a91-9aa0-9dc53f195c1f" id="11"><alternateIdentifier>https://rwandabiodiversity.net/collections/misc/collprofiles.php?collid=11</alternateIdentifier><parentCollectionIdentifier>UR</parentCollectionIdentifier><collectionIdentifier>CoEB</collectionIdentifier><collectionName>Molluscs - CoEB Natural History Museum</collectionName><resourceLogoUrl>http://rwandabiodiversity.net/content/collicon/urnhmam.png</resourceLogoUrl><onlineUrl>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276284292_Freshwater_molluscs_of_Africa_diversity_distribution_and_conservation</onlineUrl><intellectualRights>https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/</intellectualRights><additionalInfo>University of Rwanda</additionalInfo><associatedParty><individualName><surName></surName></individualName><electronicMailAddress></electronicMailAddress></associatedParty><associatedParty><individualName><surName>Cole</surName><givenName>Mary </givenName></individualName><positionName>Curator</positionName><electronicMailAddress>marybursey@elmuseum.za.org</electronicMailAddress><userId>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5046-6536</userId></associatedParty><associatedParty><individualName><surName>Twagirayezu</surName><givenName>Edmond</givenName></individualName><positionName>Collection Manager</positionName><electronicMailAddress>edmondtwagirayezu1997@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress><userId>https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5495-6648</userId></associatedParty><abstract><para>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals, after Arthropoda; members are known as molluscs or mollusks. Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. Molluscs remain understudied in Rwanda.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</para></abstract></collection></symbiota></metadata></additionalMetadata></eml:eml>
