dwc:superfamily
A term from the Darwin Core standard:
The full scientific name of the superfamily in which the dwc:Taxon is classified.
Notes
A taxonomic category subordinate to an order and superior to a family. According to ICZN article 29.2, the suffix -oidea is used for a superfamily name.
Examples
- Achatinoidea
- Cerithioidea
- Helicoidea
- Hypsibioidea
- Valvatoidea
- Zonitoidea
Reference
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Wieczorek J., Bloom D., Guralnick R., Blum S., Döring M., Giovanni R. et al. 2012 Darwin Core: An Evolving Community-Developed Biodiversity Data Standard. PLOS ONE. Vol. 7, (1) p. e29715. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029715
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Properties
Label
superfamily
EUPH UID
[0.0.SPRFM636]
IRI
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/superfamily
EUPH IRI
https://app.pollinatorhub.eu/vocabulary/descriptors/0.0.SPRFM636
Data types
String
Unit
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Deprecated
No
Published
2025-01-21
Updated
2025-01-21
Descriptor relationships
Statistic
Number of datasets
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