All Outputs (23)

Lifting the curtain on the freshwater mussel diversity of the Italian Peninsula and Croatian Adriatic coast (2017)
Journal Article
Froufe, E., Lopes-Lima, M., Riccardi, N., Zaccara, S., Vanetti, I., Lajtner, J., …Bogan, A. E. (2017). Lifting the curtain on the freshwater mussel diversity of the Italian Peninsula and Croatian Adriatic coast. Biodiversity and Conservation, 26(14), 3255-3274. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-017-1403-z

Freshwater mussels of the order Unionida have been dramatically declining globally. Despite their ecological importance, conservation of these animals has been hindered by unresolved taxonomy and a lack of data on the distribution and status of popul... Read More about Lifting the curtain on the freshwater mussel diversity of the Italian Peninsula and Croatian Adriatic coast.

The first Margaritiferidae male (M-type) mitogenome: mitochondrial gene order as a potential character for determining higher-order phylogeny within Unionida (Bivalvia) (2017)
Journal Article
Lopes-Lima, M., Fonseca, M. M., Aldridge, D. C., Bogan, A. E., Gan, H. M., Ghamizi, M., …Froufe, E. (2017). The first Margaritiferidae male (M-type) mitogenome: mitochondrial gene order as a potential character for determining higher-order phylogeny within Unionida (Bivalvia). Journal of Molluscan Studies, 83(2), 249-252. https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyx009

The unionid family Margaritiferidae, comprising 12 extant species, is widely distributed across the northern hemisphere in North America, Europe and Asia (Bolotov et al., 2016). Most species in this family have dramatically declined over the last cen... Read More about The first Margaritiferidae male (M-type) mitogenome: mitochondrial gene order as a potential character for determining higher-order phylogeny within Unionida (Bivalvia).

Phylogeny of the most species-rich freshwater bivalve family (Bivalvia: Unionida: Unionidae): Defining modern subfamilies and tribes (2016)
Journal Article
Lopes-Lima, M., Froufe, E., Do, V. T., Ghamizi, M., Mock, K. E., Kebapçı, Ü., …Bogan, A. E. (2017). Phylogeny of the most species-rich freshwater bivalve family (Bivalvia: Unionida: Unionidae): Defining modern subfamilies and tribes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 106, 174-191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.08.021

Freshwater mussels of the order Unionida are key elements of freshwater habitats and are responsible for important ecological functions and services. Unfortunately, these bivalves are among the most threatened freshwater taxa in the world. However, c... Read More about Phylogeny of the most species-rich freshwater bivalve family (Bivalvia: Unionida: Unionidae): Defining modern subfamilies and tribes.