Freshwater Mollusca of the Circumpolar Arctic: a review on their taxonomy, diversity and biogeography

MV Vinarski, IN Bolotov, OV Aksenova, ES Babushkin… - Hydrobiologia, 2021 - Springer
Since the end of the 19th century, the circumpolar fauna of freshwater Mollusca has not
been reviewed despite the substantial increase of knowledge on this subject. A review of the …

Integrative taxonomy, biogeography and conservation of freshwater mussels (Unionidae) in Russia

IN Bolotov, AV Kondakov, ES Konopleva, IV Vikhrev… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Freshwater mussels are ecosystem engineers and keystone species in aquatic
environments. Unfortunately, due to dramatic declines this fauna is among the most …

Species richness, molecular taxonomy and biogeography of the radicine pond snails (Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae) in the Old World

OV Aksenova, IN Bolotov, MY Gofarov, AV Kondakov… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
The radicine pond snails represent a species-rich and widely distributed group, many
species of which are key vectors of human and animal trematodoses. Here we clarify the …

[PDF][PDF] Taxonomic assessment of genetically-delineated species of radicine snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Lymnaeidae)

MV Vinarski, OV Aksenova, IN Bolotov - Zoosystematics and …, 2020 - zse.pensoft.net
The article represents an overview of 29 biological species of the radicine snails (genera
Ampullaceana Servain, 1882, Bullastra Bergh, 1901, Racesina Vinarski & Bolotov, 2018 …

Origin of a divergent mtDNA lineage of a freshwater snail species, Radix balthica, in Iceland: cryptic glacial refugia or a postglacial founder event?

IN Bolotov, OV Aksenova, YV Bespalaya, MY Gofarov… - Hydrobiologia, 2017 - Springer
The biogeography of Iceland is controversial. Some authors believe that all Icelandic life
originated after postglacial dispersal events (tabula rasa hypothesis), but others assume that …

[PDF][PDF] An overview of Radix species of the Kamchatka Peninsula (Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae)

OV Aksenova, MV Vinarski, IN Bolotov… - The Bulletin of the …, 2016 - pure.spbu.ru
In the present review, we compiled data about lymnaeid snails of the genus Radix Montfort,
1810 inhabiting waterbodies of the Kamchatka Peninsula (northeastern Russia), with a …

Phylogeny and taxonomy of the family Lymnaeidae

OV Aksenova, IN Bolotov, IS Khrebtova… - The Lymnaeidae: A …, 2023 - Springer
A new three-locus (COI+ 16S rRNA+ 28S rRNA) phylogeny of the living representatives of
the family Lymnaeidae, which covers the majority of recent genera and subgenera, is …

Morphological and Genetic Variability in Radix auricularia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae) of Lake Baikal, Siberia: The Story of an Unfinished Invasion into the …

K Schniebs, TY Sitnikova, MV Vinarski, A Müller… - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
This article aims to reconstruct the invasion of the ear-shaped pond snail, Radix auricularia
(Linnaeus, 1758), to Lake Baikal, East Siberia. This species is widely distributed in the …

A comprehensive phylogeography of the widespread pond snail genus Radix revealed restricted colonization due to niche conservatism

T Saito, T Hirano, B Ye, L Prozorova… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
To clarify the effect of niche conservatism on evolutionary history, we focused on freshwater
snails, which have different ecological and phylogenetic properties from previously tested …

Two Radix spp. (Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae) endemic to thermal springs around Lake Baikal represent ecotypes of the widespread Radix auricularia

O Aksenova, M Vinarski, I Bolotov… - Journal of zoological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, we re‐examine two species of freshwater gastropods of the genus Radix
Montfort, 1810 (family Lymnaeidae), endemic to the geothermal springs in the Lake Baikal …