9th European Congress of Malacological Societies
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Castro-Claros J.D., Cobo M.C., Lucena-Serrano C., Checa A., Salas C. mcobollovo@ua.edu Due to their small size and specific habitat, many species are associated to cnidarian colonies, Solenogastres (Mollusca, Aplacophora) often go unnoticed during sampling. Additionally, their identification involves the study of mantle sclerites and the internal anatomy, which requires the use of a specific …
Carvalho de Lima T., Barreto Braga Mello V., de Castro Oliveira C.D. tarcillacarvalho@gmail.com Cardiomya Adams, 1864 is a genus of septibranch bivalves normally found in deep water. Morphological characters of Cardiomya include a rostrate shell and radial sculpture composed by radial ribs. Despite being strongly indicative for generic differentiation, for specific identification, these same characters …
Bonk A., Dąbrowska A., Skawina A. a.bonk@student.uw.edu.pl The presence of diverse plastic particles in aquatic environments and their influence on the ecosystems became a world-scale fact. Although the impact of plastics of different sizes on marine environments is under investigation for several years now, little is known about the presence and influence of these materials …
Bond C.E., Yap-Chiongco M.K., Hawkins T., Partain R.E., Cobo M.C., Kocot K.M. *mkyapchiongco@crimson.ua.edu Aplacophorans are small vermiform molluscs with a world-wide distribution. Divided among two classes, Solenogastres (= Neomeniamorpha) and Caudofoveata (= Chaetodermomorpha) there are less than 500 formally described species although the true diversity of this group is estimated to be far greater. The …
Benedict A.1*, Geist J.1 *alia.benedict@tum.de Rapid climatic and anthropogenic change have led to the global decline of native freshwater mussels, and an increased spread of those which are invasive. Efforts to maintain freshwater mussel diversity have prompted many programs for their conservation and management. One key point to such programs is the collection, maintenance and …
Barák V.1,2*, Jahelková V.1, Simon O.1, Bílý M.1, Douda K.2 *barakv@fzp.czu.cz The effects of contaminants are traditionally considered one of the main reasons of the global declines of freshwater mussels including endangered freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) (FPM). The objective of our study was to develop and test a robust design for the …
Babushkin E.S.1,2,3* *babushkines@gmail.com The Taz River basin (TRB) is a large aquatic system in the north of Western Siberia (WS). Information on the bivalves of this basin is scarce and published almost exclusively in Russian. This study aims at giving an overview of the freshwater bivalve fauna of the TRB. Malacological collections of the Zoological …
Altomari L.N., Barros M.R.F., Santos W.C.R., Herrmann M., Chagas R.A. *contatolaltomari@gmail.com The present study aims to analyze the effects of El Niño on the growth of the oyster Crassostrea tulipa on the Amazon coast through the Overall Growth Performance (OGP) index. This index compares the general growth functions of von Bertalanffy from several studies, analyzing …