MORPHOLOGY OF GLOCHIDIA OF THE ANODONTINE BIVALVES OF THE GENUS COLLETOPTERUM (UNIONIDAE) INHABITING WATER BASINS OF KHAKASIA REPUBLIC AND CHITINSKAYA TERRITORY

Sayenko E.M.

Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society 2014; 18: 79-88

Glochidial shells of Colletopterum anatinum (L., 1758) and C. piscinale (Nilsson, 1822) from lakes of Chitinskaya Territory (Lake Baikal and Lena River basins) and Khakasia Republic (Enisey River basin) are studied by light (to understand conchological features) and scanning electron (to analyze ultrastructural features) microscopes. Exterior valve sculpturing consists of raised loops restricted to bands that run parallel to dorso-ventral axis of valve. Such sculpturing was not registered for any studied Far Eastern anodontine species.

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