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Mollusc species from the Pontocaspian region - an expert opinion list. [PDF]

Zookeys, 2019
Defining and recording the loss of species diversity is a daunting task, especially if identities of species under threat are not fully resolved. An example is the Pontocaspian biota. The mostly endemic invertebrate faunas that evolved in the Black Sea –
Wesselingh FP, Neubauer TA, Anistratenko VV, Maxim V Vinarski, Yanina T, Ter Poorten JJ, Kijashko P, Albrecht C, Anistratenko OY, D'Hont A, Frolov P, Ándara AM, Gittenberger A, Gogaladze A, Mikhail Karpinsky, Lattuada M, Popa L, Sands AF, Lde SVV, Vandendorpe J, Wilke T.   +20 more
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Parallel evolution controlled by adaptation and covariation in ammonoid cephalopods [PDF]

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2011
Background A major goal in evolutionary biology is to understand the processes that shape the evolutionary trajectory of clades. The repeated and similar large-scale morphological evolutionary trends of distinct lineages suggest that adaptation by means ...
Klug Christian, De Baets Kenneth, Monnet Claude   +2 more
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Large-Scale Trade in Legally Protected Marine Mollusc Shells from Java and Bali, Indonesia. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2015
Background Tropical marine molluscs are traded globally. Larger species with slow life histories are under threat from over-exploitation. We report on the trade in protected marine mollusc shells in and from Java and Bali, Indonesia.
Nijman V, Spaan D, Nekaris KA.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Hidden diversity in waterfall environments: The genus Acrorbis (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) from the Upper-Paraná Atlantic Forest. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2019
High-energy freshwater environments such as rapids and waterfalls in the Upper-Paraná Atlantic Forest are home to highly endemic minute freshwater snails of the genus Acrorbis. Only one species, Acrorbis petricola, is currently included within this genus,
Vogler RE, Rumi A, Guzmán LB, Beltramino AA, Serniotti EN, Ferrari W, Peso JG.   +6 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Quantifying changes in umbilicus size to estimate the relative age of neonatal blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus)

Conservation Physiology, 2023
Live-bearing shark species are inherently born with an open wound, the umbilicus. The healing status of this umbilicus can be used to estimate the age of newborn sharks.
S. F. Debaere, O. C. Weideli, I. Bouyoucos, K. Eustache, José E. Trujillo, G. de Boeck, S. Planes, J. Rummer   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Ideal Male Umbilicus: An Observational Study of Surface Anatomy and Introduction to the SHAPE Classification

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 2022
The umbilicus is crucial to the aesthetic appearance of the abdomen. With abdominoplasty and umbilicoplasty, placement of the umbilicus is essential and often left at the surgeon’s discretion. This study aims to investigate the ideal male umbilical shape
Karissa A. Graham, R. Livingston
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Mollusc aquaculture homogenizes intertidal soft‐sediment communities along the 18,400 km long coastline of China

Diversity and Distributions: A journal of biological invasions and biodiversity, 2021
Molluscs are important grazers, filter and deposit feeders, scavengers and predators, which in turn are food for shorebirds, fish and people. Some species, targeted as human food, have been cultured along the Chinese coast for hundreds of years.
He‐Bo Peng, Ying‐Chi Chan, T. J. Compton, Xue‐Fei Cheng, D. Melville, Shou‐Dong Zhang, Zhengwang Zhang, G. Lei, Zhijun Ma, T. Piersma   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mollusc N-glycosylation: Structures, Functions and Perspectives

Biomolecules, 2021
Molluscs display a sophisticated N-glycan pattern on their proteins, which is, in terms of involved structural features, even more diverse than that of vertebrates. This review summarises the current knowledge of mollusc N-glycan structures, with a focus
E. Staudacher
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Deciphering mollusc shell production: the roles of genetic mechanisms through to ecology, aquaculture and biomimetics

Biological Reviews of The Cambridge Philosophical Society, 2020
Most molluscs possess shells, constructed from a vast array of microstructures and architectures. The fully formed shell is composed of calcite or aragonite.
M. Clark, L. Peck, Jaison Arivalagan, T. Backeljau, S. Berland, J. Cardoso, Carlos Caurcel, G. Chapelle, M. De Noia, S. Dupont, K. Gharbi, J. Hoffman, K. Last, A. Marie, F. Melzner, Kati Michalek, J. Morris, D. Power, K. Ramesh, Trystan Sanders, Kirsikka Sillanpää, Victoria A. Sleight, Phoebe J Stewart-Sinclair, K. Sundell, Luca Telesca, D. L. Vendrami, Alexander Ventura, T. Wilding, T. Yarra, E. Harper   +29 more
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Patterns of Mekong Mollusc Biodiversity: Identification of Emerging Threats and Importance to Management and Livelihoods in a Region of Globally Significant Biodiversity and Endemism

Water, 2020
The Lower Mekong Basin (LMB) is a key biodiversity hotspot. To facilitate conservation and management, we examine mollusc biodiversity patterns and distribution along LMB’s longitudinal gradients, identify environmental drivers, and discuss the ...
R. Sor, P. Ngor, P. Boets, P. Goethals, S. Lek, Z. Hogan, Young‐Seuk Park   +6 more
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