Munasypova -. Bivalves of the family Cardiidae (Bivalvia: Cardioidea) of Ponto-Caspian region (fauna, taxonomy, distribution, ecology)

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Thesis for the degree of Candidate of Sciences (CSc)

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0408U002065

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Specialization

  • 03.00.08 - Зоологія

13-05-2008

Specialized Academic Board

Д 26.153.01

Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Essay

Species composition of the family Cardiidae of Ponto-Caspian region consists of 40 species (in Ukraine - 19). Descriptions of 24 species with precise diagnostic features are presented. Morphological peculiarities of soft body structure of 18 species (including 8 species from the Caspian Sea) are given. Some important taxonomic conhological features are established. Relation to certain type of sediment is observed for 19 cardiid species. Seven morpho-anatomic peculiarities have strong correlation with depth of mollusk's digging in the bottom sediment.

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