Fauna of the aquatic mollusks (Mollusca: Gastropoda, Bivalvia) of the Neman river and its tributaries

  • Michail D. Moroz The Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Science of Belarus for Bioresources, Akademiečnaja Street, 27, 220072, Minsk, Belarus
  • Tatsiana P. Lipinskaya The Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Science of Belarus for Bioresources, Akademiečnaja Street, 27, 220072, Minsk, Belarus
  • Tatsiana M. Laenko The Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Science of Belarus for Bioresources, Akademiečnaja Street, 27, 220072, Minsk, Belarus

Abstract

The aquatic mollusks of the Neman river and its tributaries were studied. 42 species of aquatic mollusks belonging to 7 orders: Neritopsina – 1; Architaenioglossa – 2; Neotaenioglossa – 3; Ectobranchia – 3; Pulmonata – 19; Unionoida – 4; Veneroidea – 10 species were registered. Important feature of studied rivers is availability of habitats for rare and protected species of the aquatic molluscs in Belarus and different European countries. Registered a protected species Unio crassus Philipsson, 1788 and two invasive species – Lithoglyphus naticoides (C. Pfeiffer, 1828) and Physella acuta (Draparnaud, 1805) were found. Our research has shown that the studied rivers are important to maintain biological diversity of the water mollusks. The Neman river can play the role of the Natural Migration Corridor for f aquatic mollusks Central and Eastern Europe. 

Author Biographies

Michail D. Moroz, The Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Science of Belarus for Bioresources, Akademiečnaja Street, 27, 220072, Minsk, Belarus

PhD (biology); leading researcher at the laboratory of hydrobiology

Tatsiana P. Lipinskaya, The Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Science of Belarus for Bioresources, Akademiečnaja Street, 27, 220072, Minsk, Belarus

PhD (biology); senior researcher at the laboratory of hydrobiology

Tatsiana M. Laenko, The Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Science of Belarus for Bioresources, Akademiečnaja Street, 27, 220072, Minsk, Belarus

PhD (biology); senior researcher at the laboratory of hydrobiology

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Published
2017-12-16
Keywords: waterways, taxonomical structure, rare species, the protected and invasive species, Belarus
Supporting Agencies Authors expresses deep gratitude to V. P. Semenchenko for support and councils in carrying out researches and T. M. Rybkina for the help in performance of field works. Researches are executed with assistance of a separate grant of the National Academy of Science of Belarus approved by the resolution of Bureau of Presidium No. 7 of 14.01.2014
How to Cite
Moroz, M. D., Lipinskaya, T. P., & Laenko, T. M. (2017). Fauna of the aquatic mollusks (Mollusca: Gastropoda, Bivalvia) of the Neman river and its tributaries. Experimental Biology and Biotechnology, 2, 97-102. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/biology/article/view/2451
Issue
No 2 (2017): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Biology
Section
Taxonomy

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