We identified 14 emerging and poorly understood threats and opportunities for addressing
the global conservation of freshwater mussels over the next decade. A panel of 17 …

Freshwater mussels of the order Unionida are currently one of the most imperiled groups of
organisms in the North American faunal region. Accurate risk assessments and …

The increase in the frequency and intensity of droughts and heatwaves caused by climate
change poses a major threat to biodiversity. In aquatic systems, sedentary species such as …

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 …

A freshwater mussel, Nodularia breviconcha (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionida) is endemic to
Korean Peninsula. It has recently been taxonomically reexamined and elevated from a …

Accurate identification and precise classification of freshwater mussel species that are
among the most threatened freshwater taxa in the world, play a crucial role in informing …

Freshwater mussels are essential for the integrity of freshwater ecosystems but numbers of
these organisms are declining rapidly at regional and global scales. The phylogenetic and …

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 …

Accurate taxonomic and distributional information are arguably the most critical components
of conservation status assessments but can be greatly affected by misidentifications. The …

Purpose Microplastic pollution is a major problem that threatens freshwater mussels as well
as marine bivalves, since these filter-feeding organisms are directly exposed to …