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New phylogenetic insights on some species of Unionidae from Switzerland (Bivalvia, Palaeoheterodonta, Unionidae)

Hydrobiologia, 2022
AbstractSwitzerland’s drainage systems are divided into three major European river basins, i.e. the Po, the Rhône, and the Rhine basins. Until recently 32 species of freshwater mussel species (i.e. belonging to the genera Anodonta and Unio) were recognized for the country, albeit their identity and number remain uncertain especially, given the recent ...
Beat Pfarrer, Anna Carlevaro, Pascal Stucki, Arno Schwarzer, Heinrich Vicentini, Eike Neubert   +5 more
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Long-term changes in unionid community in Kentucky Lake: Implications for understanding the effects of impoundment on river systems

Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 2023
Freshwater mussels are both critically important in their ecosystems and rapidly declining around the world. Damming is a key reason for this decline in many locations because it affects the flow and turbidity of river systems, leading to numerous ...
Beatrice M. Bock, Simon A. F. Darroch, Michelle Casey   +2 more
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Relationship between anti-oxidant capacity and manganese accumulation in the soft tissues of two freshwater molluscs: Unio pictorum mancus (Lamellibranchia, Unionidae) and Viviparus ater (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia)

Journal of Limnology, 2005
Manganese is an element of great importance in the life cycle of plants and animals. For example, it plays an essential role as an activator of various enzymatic systems such as isoenzymes of superoxide dismutase.
Oscar RAVERA, Tania GATTA, Luigi CAMPANELLA   +2 more
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The complete maternally and paternally inherited mitochondrial genomes of the endangered freshwater mussel Solenaia carinatus (Bivalvia: Unionidae) and implications for Unionidae taxonomy. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Doubly uniparental inheritance (DUI) is an exception to the typical maternal inheritance of mitochondrial (mt) DNA in Metazoa, and found only in some bivalves. In species with DUI, there are two highly divergent gender-associated mt genomes: maternal (F)
Xiao-Chen Huang, Jun Rong, Yong Liu, Ming-Hua Zhang, Yuan Wan, Shan Ouyang, Chun-Hua Zhou, Xiao-Ping Wu   +7 more
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Application of eDNA for monitoring freshwater bivalve Nodularia nipponensis and its glochidium larvae

Environmental DNA, 2022
Habitat loss, the introduction of invasive species, and climate change due to human activity have threatened many freshwater unionid bivalves worldwide. Unionid bivalves represent important members of freshwater ecosystems, providing bitterling fish with
Kotaro Sugawara, Yudai Sasaki, Kunihiro Okano, Miho Watanabe, Naoyuki Miyata   +4 more
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Distribution, scale, and drivers of mass mortality events in Europe's freshwater bivalves

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Mass mortality events (MMEs) are decimating populations and compromising key ecosystem functions around the globe. One taxon particularly vulnerable to MMEs is freshwater bivalve mollusks. This group has important ecosystem engineering capacities and includes highly threatened and highly invasive taxa.
Daniel A. Cossey, Maria Urbańska, Ronaldo Sousa, Juergen Geist, Anna Maria Labecka, Şebnem Atasaral, Maciej Bonk, Liliya Bylyna, Frank P. L. Collas, Daniel Daill, Andreas H. Dobler, Noé Ferreira‐Rodríguez, Dariusz Halabowski, Martina I. Ilarri, Jasna Lajtner, Jon H. Mageroy, Evelyn A. Moorkens, Javier Morales, William H. Morgan, Grégory Motte, Keiko Nakamura, Paz Ondina, Martin Österling, Małgorzata Ożgo, Momir Paunović, Vincent Prié, Maja Raković, Larysa Shevchuk, Spase Shumka, Mikhail O. Son, Jouni Taskinen, Frankie Thielen, Henn Timm, Jelena Tomović, Dariusz Ulikowski, Gorazd Urbanič, Simone Varandas, Agnieszka Izolda Wasilewska, Niklas Wengström, David C. Aldridge   +39 more
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The Quantification of Morphological Variation and Development of Morphology-Based Keys to Identify Species of Fusconaia and Pleurobema (Unionidae) in the Green River, Kentucky, USA

Diversity
We quantified morphological variation among genetically identified specimens of Fusconaia flava, F. subrotunda, Pleurobema cordatum, P. plenum, P. sintoxia, and P.
Miluska Olivera-Hyde, Jess W. Jones, Eric M. Hallerman   +2 more
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Adaptive Capacity of Freshwater Organisms in North America: Current Understanding and Future Applications

Global Change Biology Communications, Volume 1, Issue 2, June 2026.
This paper tailors adaptive capacity understanding for North American freshwater fishes, mussels, and crayfishes by integrating trait‐based approaches to provide practical guidance for improving management and conservation decisions under global change.
H. S. Embke, K. M. Alofs, D. O. Bunnell, C. Caudill, C. Chu, C. Dunn, K. Fogelman, S. Gardner, T. Hook, S. Jackson, M. Keefer, S. Koenigbauer, O. LeDee, S. Ludsin, A. J. Lynch, B. Myers, E. Nyboer, T. Seaborn, C. Suski, L. Thurman, A. Walters, J. Westhoff   +21 more
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Using Natural History Collections to Determine the Relative Changes in Diversity and Distribution of Freshwater Molluscs in KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa

African Journal of Ecology, Volume 64, Issue 2, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Research using natural history collections to track anthropogenic activities has recently been on the rise. Natural history collections have been utilised beyond their traditional taxonomic and systematic roles, generating data that shape present and future research.
Matabaro Ziganira, Matthew J. Burnett, Wynand Malherbe, Colleen T. Downs   +3 more
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F-type complete mitochondrial genomes of two Hyriposis species, H. schlegelii and H. cumingii (Bivalvia; Unionoida; Unionidae) from Lake Kasumigaura, Japan, and its phylogenetic analysis

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020
We have sequenced the female type (F-type) complete mitochondrial genomes of two Hyriposis species, H. schlegelii and H. cumingii (Gonideinae, Unionidae, Unionida, Bivalvia) from Lake Kasumigaura, Japan, and inferred the Unioninae phylogeny.
Yohei Fukata, Masayuki Iigo
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