The first freshwater molluscs from Wrangel Island, Arctic Russia

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...

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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
geo
archeo
Arctic Island
Wrangel Island
Polar Research
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v34.23889
https://doaj.org/article/9165ce0b4fce40e5a2f8abf1aa6dd8bb
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Summary: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 series of the species. How aquatic molluscs may have migrated to the Arctic island is briefly discussed.

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