The first freshwater molluscs from Wrangel Island, Arctic Russia

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Maxim V. Vinarski, Dmitry M. Palatov, Anna A. Novichkova
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2015
• Subjects: Arctic; freshwater snails; Physidae; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Wrangel Island; Arctic Island; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v34.23889; https://doaj.org/article/9165ce0b4fce40e5a2f8abf1aa6dd8bb

The first finding of a freshwater snail, Sibirenauta sibiricus (Westerlund, 1877), in one of the lakes on Wrangel Island (north-eastern Russia) is reported. No freshwater mollusc species have hitherto been known from this island. Specimens from the island are morphologically compared with the type s...