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 …

Analysis of zoogeographic, paleogeographic, and molecular data has shown that the
ancestors of many fresh-and brackish-water cold-tolerant hydrobionts of the Mediterranean …

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 …

The concept of long-lived (ancient) lakes has had a great influence on the development of
evolutionary biogeography. According to this insight, a number of lakes on Earth have …

Species with a large geographic distributions present a challenge for phylogeographic
studies due to logistic difficulties of obtaining adequate sampling. For instance, in most …

The article represents an overview of 29 biological species of the radicine snails (genera
Ampullaceana Servain, 1882, Bullastra Bergh, 1901, Racesina Vinarski & Bolotov, 2018 …

The biodiversity and the biogeography are still poorly understood for freshwater
invertebrates. The crustacean Chydorus sphaericus-brevilabris complex (Cladocera …

Hot (geothermal) pools and streams, a specific type of aquatic biotopes having almost
worldwide distribution, maintain rich faunas of animals belonging to various taxa. Snails …

Freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida) play an important role in freshwater habitats as
ecosystem engineers of the water environment. Duck mussel Anodonta anatina is widely …

Lymnaeid snails play a crucial role in the transmission of trematode cercariae as an
intermediate host that can infect humans, ruminants like buffalo, and other animals, resulting …