The objective of this review is to update our previously published checklist of Recent
freshwater mussel species and genera (Graf & Cummings, 2007, J. Molluscan Stud.: 291 …

Abstract Freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) is a diverse family with around 700
species being widespread in the Northern Hemisphere and Africa. These animals fulfill key …

Freshwater mussels are ecosystem engineers and keystone species in aquatic
environments. Unfortunately, due to dramatic declines this fauna is among the most …

The tribes Contradentini and Rectidentini (Unionidae) comprise a diverse clade of
freshwater mussels endemic to South-east Asia. Our understanding of the diversity and …

Leonardo Fea, an Italian explorer and traveler, sampled a comprehensive collection of
continental Mollusca during his travels throughout the former British Burma (currently …

While a growing body of modern phylogenetic research reveals that the Western Indochina
represents a separate biogeographic subregion having a largely endemic freshwater fauna …

Accurate species identification is of primary importance in ecology and evolutionary biology.
For a long time, the unionid mussels Beringiana and Sinanodonta have puzzled researchers …

Freshwater mussels cannot spread through oceanic barriers and represent a suitable model
to test the continental drift patterns. Here, we reconstruct the diversification of Oriental …

Abstract The Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia is a crucial freshwater biodiversity hotspot and
supports one of the world's largest inland fisheries. Within the Tonle Sap basin, freshwater …

The systematics of Oriental freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) is poorly known. Here,
we present an integrative revision of the genus Trapezoideus Simpson, 1900 to further …