Taxonomy and distribution of freshwater pearl mussels (Unionoida: Margaritiferidae) of the Russian Far East.

Taxonomy and distribution of freshwater pearl mussels (Unionoida: Margaritiferidae) of the Russian Far East.

The freshwater pearl mussel family Margaritiferidae includes 13 extant species, which are all listed by IUCN as endangered or vulnerable taxa. In this study, an extensive spatial sampling of Margaritifera spp. across the Russian Far East (Amur Basin, Kamchatka Peninsula, Kurile Archipelago and Sakha...

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Main Authors: Ivan N Bolotov, Yulia V Bespalaya, Ilya V Vikhrev, Olga V Aksenova, Paul E Aspholm, Mikhail Y Gofarov, Olga K Klishko, Yulia S Kolosova, Alexander V Kondakov, Artyom A Lyubas, Inga S Paltser, Ekaterina S Konopleva, Sakboworn Tumpeesuwan, Nikita I Bolotov, Irina S Voroshilova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122408

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