Conservation status of freshwater mussels in Europe: state of the art and future challenges

M Lopes‐Lima, R Sousa, J Geist, DC Aldridge… - Biological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Freshwater mussels of the Order Unionida provide important ecosystem functions and
services, yet many of their populations are in decline. We comprehensively review the status …

Freshwater Mollusca of the Circumpolar Arctic: a review on their taxonomy, diversity and biogeography

MV Vinarski, IN Bolotov, OV Aksenova, ES Babushkin… - Hydrobiologia, 2021 - Springer
Since the end of the 19th century, the circumpolar fauna of freshwater Mollusca has not
been reviewed despite the substantial increase of knowledge on this subject. A review of the …

Research priorities for freshwater mussel conservation assessment

N Ferreira-Rodríguez, YB Akiyama, OV Aksenova… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Freshwater mussels are declining globally, and effective conservation requires prioritizing
research and actions to identify and mitigate threats impacting mussel species …

Fish and mussels: importance of fish for freshwater mussel conservation

V Modesto, M Ilarri, AT Souza, M Lopes‐Lima… - Fish and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Co‐extinctions are increasingly recognized as one of the major processes leading to the
global biodiversity crisis, but there is still limited scientific evidence on the magnitude of …

A revised list of the freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionida) of the United States and Canada

JD Williams, AE Bogan, RS Butler… - … Mollusk Biology and …, 2017 - BioOne
We present a revised list of freshwater mussels (order Unionida, families Margaritiferidae
and Unionidae) of the United States and Canada, incorporating changes in nomenclature …

Differentiation of European invasive clams of the genus Corbicula (Cyrenidae) using shell shape analysis

H Morhun, MV Vinarski, AM Labecka… - Journal of Molluscan …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Here, we investigate the shell shape variation of some closely related freshwater species of
the bivalve genus Corbicula using descriptive (qualitative), geometric morphometric and …

Shape, Microstructure, and Chemical Composition of Pearls from the Freshwater Clam Diplodon chilensis Native to South America

GA Collado, MA Valladares, C Suárez, M Seguel… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Natural pearls of Diplodon chilensis, a freshwater clam native to southern
South America, are reported and characterized for the first time. The finding also constitutes …

Phylogeny and biogeography of Indochinese freshwater mussels in the genus Pilsbryoconcha Simpson, 1900 (Bivalvia: Unionidae) with descriptions of four new …

E Jeratthitikul, S Paphatmethin, C Sutcharit, PB Ngor… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The body of knowledge regarding the classification and evolution of freshwater mussels in
the family Unionidae (Bivalvia) in Indochina has recently increased. However, the taxonomic …

Spreading of the Chinese pond mussel, Sinanodonta woodiana, across Wallacea: One or more lineages invade tropical islands and Europe

IN Bolotov, YV Bespalaya, MY Gofarov… - Biochemical Systematics …, 2016 - Elsevier
Here we report the first molecular data on an invasive Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea,
1834)(Bivalvia: Unionidae) population from Lesser Sundas (Flores Island, Indonesia). The …

Mitogenomic phylogeny and fossil-calibrated mutation rates for all F-and M-type mtDNA genes of the largest freshwater mussel family, the Unionidae (Bivalvia)

A Zieritz, E Froufe, I Bolotov… - Zoological Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The Unionidae represent an excellent model taxon for unravelling the drivers of freshwater
diversity, but, phylogeographic studies on Southeast Asian taxa are hampered by lack of a …