NEW DATA ON GLOCHIDIA MORPHOLOGY OF THE FRESHWATER MUSSEL PRONODULARIA JAPANENSIS (BIVALVIA: UNIONIDAE) FROM HONSHU ISLAND, JAPAN

Sayenko E.M.

Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society 2012; (15-16): 128-133

Data on morphology of glochidia of the freshwater bivalves Pronodularia japanensis (Lea, 1859) from Honshu Island, Japan, are presented. Ultrastructural features of the glochidial shells of this species are studied with scanning electron microscope for the first time.

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