Here is a comprehensive review of the ecology of freshwater bivalves and gastropods worldwide. Robert Dillon discusses the ecology of these species in its broadest sense ... scattered body of ...

Freshwater mussels are some of the planet's most fascinating and underappreciated ... they're fascinating to scientists and dilettantes alike due to the complexity of their relationships. Mussels are ...

TASS/. Experts of the Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research (the Russian Academy of Sciences' Urals Branch) discovered four new species of freshwater mollusks of the Sphaeriidae ...

A scientific group studying freshwater mollusks explored the ... margaritifera belongs to the indicator species that react sharply to environmental changes. The species is a natural biological ...

Today, they are few and far between - drastic measures are being taken to spare the mollusc from extinction. About 200 years ago pearl mussels were harvested for, as the name suggests, pearls.

An invasive species with the potential to harm both ... Zebra mussels are a freshwater mollusk native to the Caspian and Black Seas, according to the National Park Service. They have D-shaped ...