Morphological and Genetic Variability in <i>Radix auricularia</i> (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae) of Lake Baikal, Siberia: The Story of an Unfinished Invasion into the Ancient Deepest Lake

Morphological and Genetic Variability in <i>Radix auricularia</i> (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae) of Lake Baikal, Siberia: The Story of an Unfinished Invasion into the Ancient Deepest Lake

This article aims to reconstruct the invasion of the ear-shaped pond snail, <i>Radix auricularia</i> (Linnaeus, 1758), to Lake Baikal, East Siberia. This species is widely distributed in the Palaearctic and Northern America, and since the early 20th century has formed abundant and sustai...

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Main Authors: Katrin Schniebs, Tatiana Ya. Sitnikova, Maxim V. Vinarski, Anke Müller, Igor V. Khanaev, Anna K. Hundsdoerfer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-06-01
Series:Diversity
Subjects:
Lake Baikal
biological invasion
pond snails
shell morphology
molecular taxonomy
geometric morphometry
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/7/527

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