It's #MolluscMonday and you know what that means, I mollusc tell you about the freshwater mussels of Java! They're Java unique, with an island-wide assessment revealing a #NewSpecies (Pseudolon cokelatus) & urgent #Conservation needs! 🌍🧪👇
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The freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) of Java: first island-wide assessment reveals new species, endemism, and urgent conservation needs
Abstract. The freshwater mussel (Bivalvia: Unionida) fauna of Java has never been examined comprehensively in a modern context, leading to a lack of a spec
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February 16, 2026 at 4:53 PM
It's #MolluscMonday and you know what that means, I mollusc tell you about the freshwater mussels of Java! They're Java unique, with an island-wide assessment revealing a #NewSpecies (Pseudolon cokelatus) & urgent #Conservation needs! 🌍🧪👇
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
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Nailed it! (In Sweden, grad students nail their dissertations to a plank 3 weeks before the defence).
#freshwatermussels #Unionida
#freshwatermussels #Unionida
February 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Nailed it! (In Sweden, grad students nail their dissertations to a plank 3 weeks before the defence).
#freshwatermussels #Unionida
#freshwatermussels #Unionida
#FishyFriday This article assessed freshwater mussel propagation techniques, identified challenges in deterimining the health of freshwater mussels, and suggested a variety of future research needs in this area of endeavor. Enjoy!
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Finding the pulse of healthy native freshwater mussels (order Unionida): Insights from propagation biologists
ABSTRACTObjective. This study engaged representative native freshwater mussel propagation biologists in focus group discussions to learn their views and pr
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April 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
#FishyFriday This article assessed freshwater mussel propagation techniques, identified challenges in deterimining the health of freshwater mussels, and suggested a variety of future research needs in this area of endeavor. Enjoy!
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Great to see this out in Limnology&Oceanography @aslo.org - we provide the first global meta-analysis of ecosystem services provided by freshwater bivalves! One key message is that native species much better at providing services than invaders!
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A global meta‐analysis of ecological functions and regulating ecosystem services of freshwater bivalves
Freshwater bivalves are globally distributed, diverse, and common in benthic communities. Many taxa, particularly in the most species-rich order, Unionida, are declining due to anthropogenic stressor...
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Great to see this out in Limnology&Oceanography @aslo.org - we provide the first global meta-analysis of ecosystem services provided by freshwater bivalves! One key message is that native species much better at providing services than invaders!
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Thank you to dr Graciela Delvene (Instituto Geológico y Minero de España CSIC) for your research visit to Instytut Biologii Ewolucyjnej! Dr Skawinska & Dr Delvene had a very productive week - lots of fun studying #Unionida, and lots of new ideas & plans for the future!
September 16, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Thank you to dr Graciela Delvene (Instituto Geológico y Minero de España CSIC) for your research visit to Instytut Biologii Ewolucyjnej! Dr Skawinska & Dr Delvene had a very productive week - lots of fun studying #Unionida, and lots of new ideas & plans for the future!
アフリカに棲むイリディナ科の二枚貝の起源は、恐竜時代の南アメリカに遡れるかもしれない。
ブラジルの前期白亜紀の地層から産出した世界最古のイリディナ科の仲間の化石を報告しています。
白亜紀の陸地の繋がりを考える上でも興味深いところですね。
#とよけら論文紹介
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
ブラジルの前期白亜紀の地層から産出した世界最古のイリディナ科の仲間の化石を報告しています。
白亜紀の陸地の繋がりを考える上でも興味深いところですね。
#とよけら論文紹介
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The oldest record of the family Iridinidae (Unionida): New fossil genera and species of bivalves from the Salvador Formation (Berriasian), Jatobá Basin, northeastern Brazil
Two new genera of freshwater bivalves from the family Iridinidae (Order Unionoida) are described, each including one new species: Duplexium jatobensis…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:41 AM
アフリカに棲むイリディナ科の二枚貝の起源は、恐竜時代の南アメリカに遡れるかもしれない。
ブラジルの前期白亜紀の地層から産出した世界最古のイリディナ科の仲間の化石を報告しています。
白亜紀の陸地の繋がりを考える上でも興味深いところですね。
#とよけら論文紹介
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
ブラジルの前期白亜紀の地層から産出した世界最古のイリディナ科の仲間の化石を報告しています。
白亜紀の陸地の繋がりを考える上でも興味深いところですね。
#とよけら論文紹介
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A Time- and Cost-Effective eDNA Protocol to Survey Freshwater Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) in Tropical Rivers
#eDNA #environmentalDNA
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#eDNA #environmentalDNA
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A Time‐ and Cost‐Effective eDNA Protocol to Survey Freshwater Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) in Tropical Rivers
We aimed to develop a reliable and cost-efficient eDNA protocol for surveying tropical freshwater mussels by firstly, developing and validating a qPCR primer-probe assay for Rectidens sumatrensis, an....
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May 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A Time- and Cost-Effective eDNA Protocol to Survey Freshwater Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) in Tropical Rivers
#eDNA #environmentalDNA
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#eDNA #environmentalDNA
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Novel densovirus implicated www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...
But only in one geographic location. High viral diversity generally in these animals. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...
Complex interplay between host-agent-environment : no easy answer
But only in one geographic location. High viral diversity generally in these animals. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...
Complex interplay between host-agent-environment : no easy answer
Mass mortality in freshwater mussels (Actinonaias pectorosa) in the Clinch River, USA, linked to a novel densovirus
Freshwater mussels (order Unionida) are among the world’s most biodiverse but imperiled taxa. Recent unionid mass mortality events around the world threaten ecosystem services such as water filtration...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 11, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Novel densovirus implicated www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...
But only in one geographic location. High viral diversity generally in these animals. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...
Complex interplay between host-agent-environment : no easy answer
But only in one geographic location. High viral diversity generally in these animals. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...
Complex interplay between host-agent-environment : no easy answer
A curated dataset on the distribution of West Palaearctic freshwater bivalves
->Nature | #Freshwater | More info from EcoSearch
->Nature | #Freshwater | More info from EcoSearch
A curated dataset on the distribution of West Palaearctic freshwater bivalves
The conservation status of freshwater bivalve groups in the study area varies considerably. Freshwater mussels (Unionida) are highly imperilled, with 77.3% of the species assessed as Threatened or Near Threatened13, while only 8.3% of the pea bivalves (Sphaeriida) fall into...
www.nature.com
July 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM