Phylogeny of European Anodontini (Bivalvia: Unionidae) with a redescription of Anodonta exulcerata

Identification of Gender-associated Mitochondrial Haplotypes in Anodonta Anatina (bivalvia: Unionidae)

Doubly uniparental inheritance (DUI) of mitochondrial DNA, different from maternal inheritance, is known to occur in five bivalve families (Mytilidae, Veneridae, Unionidae, Margaritiferidae, Hyriidae). DUI involves two types of mitochondrial DNA: F type, inherited from the mother and M type, inherited from the father. Females have only F type mtDNA, males have both types, M type being located i...

The mechanism of blood circulation in Anodonta anatina (L.) (Bivalvia, Unionidae).

Establishment of a new alien species in Lake Maggiore (Northern Italy): Anodonta (Sinanodonta) woodiana (Lea, 1834) (Bivalvia: Unionidae)

This note is the first communication of the occurrence of the alien Anodonta (Sinanodonta) woodiana (Lea, 1834) (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in Lake Maggiore (Northern Italy). We have found empty shells of the bivalve first in August 2010, and since then, this species is colonizing rapidly the second deepest subalpine lake in Italy. Preliminary findings on morphometric features of A. woodiana in the L...

مقایسة تجمع ‌زیستی فلزات سنگین روی (Zn) و کروم (Cr) در اندام‌های داخلی ماسل آب شیرین Anodonta cygnea (Bivalvia: Unionidae)

امروزه از دوکفه‏ای‏ها به‌وفور در مطالعات در زمینة پایش آلودگی فلزات سنگین در محیط‏های آبی استفاده می‏شود. هدف از این مطالعه، بررسی تجمع ‌زیستی فلزات سنگین روی (Zn) و کروم (Cr) در اندام‏های مختلف دوکفه‏ای Anodonta cygneaبود. بدین منظور، 42 نمونة برداشت‌شدة این دوکفه‏ای از منطقة سمسکندة ساری در محیط‏ آزمایشگاه با غلظت µg l-1125 فلزات به صورت جداگانه در یک دورة 27 روزه مواجهه داده شدند. سطوح مبنا،...

Morphological and chemical characterization of mineral concretions in the freshwater bivalve Anodonta cygnea (Unionidae).

The freshwater mussel Anodonta cygnea is commonly used as a model organism for biomineralization studies, its peculiar morphofunctional properties also make it an excellent environmental biomonitor. The first detailed on the calcareous concretions from gill and mantle tissue, as well as fluids of the freshwater bivalve A. cygnea, supported by histological, scanning, spectrometry, and spectrosco...