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Freshwater mussels are characterized by a high degree of shell variability but the factors controlling spatial conchological shifts are poorly understood. Here, we use the Duck Mussel Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758) (Unionidae) as a target species to address the influence of environmental, ontogenetic, and genetic variables on the shell shape var...
Freshwater mussels perform important ecological functions in ecosystems, such as water filtration and energy cycling. Unlike marine bivalves, freshwater mussels have unique characteristics including internal fertilization and parental care. Some freshwater mussels are facing a high risk of extinction due to several factors such as climate change an...
The global decline of freshwater mussels and their crucial ecological services highlight the need to understand their phylogeny, phylogeography and patterns of genetic diversity to guide conservation efforts. Such knowledge is urgently needed for Unio crassus, a highly imperilled species originally widespread throughout Europe and southwest Asia. R...
Plants have been among the primary natural sources used in traditional medicine, both in the past and present. Due to the many advantages they offer compared to the synthetic drugs, the interest in medicinal plants is rapidly increasing not only worldwide but also in our country. This study has been conducted with the aim of identifying natural med...
Located at the junction between Europe, Africa, and Asia, with distinct evolutionary origins and varied ecological and geographical settings, together with a marked history of changes in orogeny and configuration of the main river basins, turned the Eastern Mediterranean into a region of high diversity and endemism of freshwater taxa.
Freshwater m...
Located at the junction between Europe, Africa, and Asia, with distinct evolutionary origins and varied ecological and geographical settings, together with a marked history of changes in orogeny and configuration of the main river basins, turned the Eastern Mediterranean into a region of high diversity and endemism of freshwater taxa.
Freshwater mu...
With the biodiversity crisis continuing unchecked, we need to establish levels and drivers of extinction risk, and reassessments over time, to effectively allocate conservation resources and track progress towards global conservation targets. Given that threat appears particularly high in freshwaters, we assessed the extinction risk of 1428 randoml...
This study was carried out between 2013 and 2014 in Elazığ Province in Eastern Turkey. A total of six species determined from the material collected during the course of this study: Trachelipus squamuliger (Verhoeff, 1907), Schizidium davidi (Dolfuss, 1887), Porcellionides depressiorum (Verhoeff, 1943), Ligidium tauricum Verhoeff, 1943, Parcylistic...
Freshwater mussels of the Order Unionida provide important ecosystem functions and services, yet many of their populations are in decline. We comprehensively review the status of the 16 currently recognized species in Europe, collating for the first time their life-history traits, distribution, conservation status, habitat preferences, and main thr...
Freshwater mussels of the order Unionida are key elements of freshwater habitats and are responsible for important ecological functions and services. Unfortunately, these bivalves are among the most threatened freshwater taxa in the world. However, conservation planning and management are hindered by taxonomic problems and a lack of detailed ecolog...
The Potomida genus (Bivalvia, Unionida) has a Circum-Mediterranean distribution and like other freshwater mussel species, its populations have suffered dramatic declines. Although this genus is currently considered monotypic, it has a long history of taxonomic revisions and presently many aspects of its systematics and evolutionary history are uncl...
The some taxonomic characters of species in superfamily Hydrobioidea (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) distrubuted in freshwater of Isparta. In this study, it has been given some anatomical characters of species in superfamily Hydrobioidea collected from the Isparta provinces and determined 4 species in the wreshwater habitat. Falsipyrgula pfeiferi Weber...
Bu çalışmada, Limonlu çayının mollusk faunasının belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bütün mollusk türleri çay havzasında seçilen 5 istasyondan toplanmıştır. Çalışma sonucunda Gastropoda sınıfına ait 7 (Theodoxus anatolicus, Melanopsis buccinoidea, Physella acuta, Galba truncatula, Radix labiata, Gyraulus piscinarum, Oxyloma elegans) ve Bivalvia sınıfına a...
Bythinella
anatolica
sp. n., Bythinella
istanbulensis
sp. n., Bythinella
magdalenae
sp. n., and Bythinella
wilkei
sp. n. from western Turkey are described herein. Illustrations of the shell and genitalia of the newly described taxa, together with comparisons with previously known Bythinella taxa and a key to the species from western Turkey, are als...
New material of freshwater molluscs in the Mediterranean region of Turkey revealed two new species of the genus Pseudamnicola Paulucci, 1878, i.e., P. kayseriensis n. sp., and P. gullei n. sp.
This Chapter provides an overview of the distribution, status and threats to the freshwater molluscs in the Eastern Mediterranean region. It is very much, an first overview, with over 44% threatened species recognised, and the major threats being modification to natural systems (damming, canalisation and improvements of spring sites), pollution and...
In this study, morphometric measurements of Unio terminalis which lives in Lake Azaplı was investigated. Study was done on 49 specimens. On average, shell length 93,24 mm, shell height 47.75 mm, shell width 33.96 mm, weight 101,78 g and average age was found 12. At the same time the correlation of between shell length-age, shell height-age, Shell w...
Bildiri Özeti-Yapılan bu çalışma ile Azaplı Gölü'nde yaşayan Unio terminalis (Bourguignat, 1852)'nin morfometrik özellikleri incelenmiştir. Toplam 49 birey üzerinde yapılan çalışmada ortalama olarak; kabuk uzunluğu 93.24 mm, kabuk yüksekliği 47.75 mm, kabuk genişliği 33.96 mm, ağırlıkları 101.78 g, yaşları ise 12 olarak bulunmuştur. Ayrıca kabuk uz...
The Family Bithyniidae widely distributed in the Balkans and is represented by two genera in Europe: Bithynia and Pseudobithynia. More recent data about the Bithyniidae shows that the majority of family members are distributed in the Balkans and especially Greece. Seven species of Bithynia but only one of Pseudobithynia is currently known from Turk...
The alpine land snails recorded from Turkey are evaluated and brief explanations about the taxa and their distributional records are given. Accordingly 59, 2 aquatic and 57 terrestrial, species and subspecies are enlisted according to literature data and field findings from the alpine areas in Turkey. Rezumat. Melci din regiuni alpine din Turcia. S...
Cave and subterranean snails recorded from Turkey are listed and brief explanations about the taxa and their distributional records are given. Of 62 species and subspecies having been recorded according to literature data and field findings from caves and subterranean habitats in Turkey, 13 (20.96%) are found in subterranean habitats, 7 (11.29%) sp...
This study, in order to determine malacofauna of Ağrı totally in 27 station between october 10-20, 2010. As a result of research, 7 Gastropoda species belong to Basommatophoran Pulmonate (Galba truncatula, Radix peregra, Radix auricularia, Lymnaea stagnalis, Planorbis planorbis, Gyraulus sp., Gyraulus albus) and 2 species belong to Stylommotophoran...
Acroloxus egirdirensis, a new species (Pulmonata: Hygrophila: Acroloxidae) is described based on material collected in the littoral zone of Lake Eğirdir, Turkey. The limpet has been found only at the type locality. The shell morphology and body shape of A. egirdirensis are similar to the widespread A. lacustris (Linnaeus, 1758), A. oblongus (Lightf...
Atotal of 107 plant taxa were determined in this study, 24 being new records for the area. Out of 813 plant taxa reported from the study area 100 species couldn't be verified. The number of endemics in the study area is around 46. The majorfamilies and genera are Asteraceae, Fabaceae, and Poaceae and Astragalus, Euphorbia, Allium and Trigonella. Th...
Graecoanatolica Radoman, 1973 is a remarkable genus of Hydrobiidae, recognized with its disjunct distribution between Macedonia, Greece (Thessaly), and Turkey (Lakes Region). However, the current distribution of the genus is restricted to Turkey, as the 2 Balkan species have been declared extinct. In this study, a taxonomic revision of the Graecoan...
In this study, morphometric measurements of Melanopsis buccinoidea buccinoidea
individuals collected from lake Kumaşır were investigated. Accordingly, on average; shell
height, shell width, aperture height, aperture width, body whorl height and spire height were
found as 25.95 mm, 12.18 mm, 14.13mm, 8.02 mm, 18.47 mm, 8.01 mm respectively.
Average...
Th e land snail fauna of the Mut District was surveyed during the spring (April-May) of 2008. A total of 31 species and subspecies—9 (29%) of them endemics—belonging to 26 genera and 14 families were determined from 41 localities. Dominant families were Enidae, Orculidae, and Hygromiidae. Humidity, vegetation, and habitat type were the determinants...
Amaç: Çalışmada Hominoid buluntu veren Çankırı ili merkez ilçesinde bulunun Çorakyerler omurgalı fosil yatağından toplanılan Gastropoda örneklerinin tür tespitlerinin yapılması amaçlanmıştır.
Yöntem: 1997-2009 yılları arasında genellikle omurgalı kemikleri ile birlikte toplanılan örnekler plastik poşetler içerisinde numaralanarak saklanılmıştır. Lo...
In this study, existent freshwater snails collected from 184 stations from Lakes Region of Turkey have been determined. A total of 32 prosobranch taxa from 18 genera and 10 families and 18 pulmonate taxa from 12 genera and 4 families have been recorded. 25 of the prosobranch taxa and 2 of the pulmonate taxa are Anatolian endemics. Rezumat. Fauna de...
A mass occurrence of the millipede Calyptophyllum longiventre (Verhoeff, 194117.
Verhoeff , K. W. 1941. Asiatische Beiträge [Asian contributions] V.. VI. Rev Fac Sci Univ Istanbul., 6: 277–318. German View all references) in Mardin, south‐east Turkey, is reported. Descriptive notes on this poorly known species are given, including the first descri...
This study re-evaluated the brackish and freshwater Prosobranch fauna list of Turkey. Furthermore, recent systematic changes and future studies to be performed were discussed. Theodoxus (Theodoxus) danubialis (C. PFEIFFER 1828). Th. (Th.) subthermalis (ISSEL 1865). Bythinella opaca (FRAUENFELD 1857). Pseudamnicola macrostoma (KÜSTER 1852). P. kotsc...
To date, based on the studies of foreign and Turkish malacologists, 28 basommatophoran snail species belonging to 16 genera from 5 families (Physidae, Lymnaeidae, Planorbidae, Ancylidae, and Acroloxidae) have been found in freshwaters of Turkey. In Turkey, the genera Acroloxus (1 species), Galba (1), Stagnicola (1), Radix (2), Lymnaea (1), Physa (1...
Edible species and their distribution in Turkey were studied. The absence of Helix pomatia, a species reported to occur in Turkey in resources in various disciplines, is mentioned, while 7 species of edible snails determined (Theba pisana, Eobania vermiculata, Cryptomphalus aspersus, Cantareus apertus, Helix asemnis, Helix cincta and Helix lucorum)...
Three families (Limacidae, Agriolimacidae and Milacidae) and 7 species, ( Limacus flavus, Deroceras reticulatum, Deroceras berytensis, Mesolimax brauni, Mesolimax escherichi, Milax cf. altenai and Tandonia budapestensis) were identified from Lakes Region (Isparta, Burdur, and Afyon provinces). These include 1 endemic genus with 2 species. In this s...
Three families (Limacidae, Agriolimacidae and Milacidae) and 7 species, (Limacus flavus, Deroceras reticulatum. Deroceras berytensis, Mesolimax brauni, Mesolimax escherichi, Milax cf. altenai and Tandonia budapestensis) were identified from Lakes Region (Isparta, Burdur, and Afyon provinces). These include 1 endemic genus with 2 species. In this st...
SYNOPSIS Lake Burdur is one of the largest and deepest lakes of Turkey with an average depth of 40 m (70 m at maximum), while maximum surface area is 140 km 2 at 854 m elevation. It is salty (sodium sulphate and chloride type) and highly alkaline (pH 9-9,60), thus it never freezes. As a a Ramsar Site since 1993 and Wildlife Reserve and A1 Class wet...
A 7 year term survey of gastropod taxa in Kastamonu has been carried on between 2002 and 2008. Kastamonu is a small but, for the last decade, rapidly urbanizing city due to housing. This involves transformation of pristine habitats, also destruction of the traditional urban fabric. Construction pits and poor landscaping generally wipe out the natur...
