Freshwater Mollusks of the World

A Distribution Atlas

Kevin S. Cummings, Charles Lydeard, Yasunori Kano, Yasunori Kano, Hiroaki Fukumori, Robert Cowie, Kenneth Hayes, Bert Van Bocxlaer, Ellen E. Strong, Matthias Glaubrecht, Marco T. Neiber, Marco T. Neiber, Matthias Glaubrecht, Marco T. Neiber, Matthias Glaubrecht, Marco T. Neiber, Matthias Glaubrecht, Ellen E. Strong, , Charles Lydeard, Kevin S. Cummings

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Year: 2019
• eBook ISBN: 9781421427324
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Biology
• Index: Biological Sciences

The definitive resource on the biology and evolution of freshwater mollusks.

There are more species of freshwater mollusks—well over 5,000—than all the mammal species of the world. Freshwater mollusks are also arguably the most endangered fauna on the planet. Yet few references exist for researchers, shell enthusiasts, and general readers who are interested in learning more about these fascinating creatures. In Freshwater Mollusks of the World, Charles Lydeard and Kevin S. Cummings fill that void with contributions from dozens of renowned mollusk experts.

Touching on 34 families of freshwater gastropods (snails) and 9 families of freshwater bivalves (mussels and clams), each chapter provides a synthesis of the latest research on the diversity and evolutionary relationships of the family. The book also includes

• a look at how evolving DNA sequencing data techniques help shed light on mollusk taxonomy
• distribution maps of each family's biogeographic locales
• a representative photo and distribution map for each of the freshwater mollusk families
• the latest information on each family's conservation status—and how to reverse the habitat destruction, modification, and pollution that threatens it
• a discussion of the ecological and economic damages caused by invasive mollusk species, as well as their role as disease vectors

Mollusks provide us with amazing biogeographical insights: their ancient fossil record goes back over 500 million years, and their distribution patterns are a reflection of past continental and climate changes. The only comprehensive summary of systematic and biodiversity information on freshwater mollusk families throughout the world, this reference is a must for malacologists, limnologists, ichthyologists, stream ecologists, biogeographers, and conservation biologists.

Contributors: Christian Albrecht, Rüdiger Bieler, Bert Van Bocxlaer, David C. Campbell, Stephanie A. Clark, Catharina Clewing, Robert H. Cowie, Kevin S. Cummings, Diana Delicado, Hiroshi Fukuda, Hiroaki Fukumori, Matthias Glaubrecht, Daniel L. Graf, Diego E. Gutiérrez Gregoric, Kenneth A. Hayes, Yasunori Kano, Taehwan Lee, Charles Lydeard, Nathaniel T. Marshall, Paula M. Mikkelsen, Marco T. Neiber, Timea P. Neusser, Winston Ponder, Michael Schrödl, Alena A. Shirokaya, Björn Stelbrink, Carol A. Stepien, Ellen E. Strong, Maxim V. Vinarski, Amy R. Wethington, Thomas Wilke

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• 1 Introduction and Overview
• 2 Neritiliidae Schepman, 1908
• 3 Neritidae Rafinesque, 1815
• 4 Ampullariidae Gray, 1824
• 5 Viviparidae Gray, 1847
• 6 Hemisinidae Fischer & Crosse, 1891
• 7 Melanopsidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
• 8 Pachychilidae Fischer and Crosse, 1892
• 9 Paludomidae Stoliczka, 1868
• 10 Pleuroceridae P. Fischer, 1885
• 11 Semisulcospiridae Morrison, 1952
• 12 Thiaridae Gill, 1871 (1823)
• 13 Amnicolidae Tryon, 1862
• 14 Assimineidae H. & A. Adams, 1856
• 15 Bithyniidae Gray, 1857
• 16 Cochliopidae Tryon, 1866
• 17 Helicostoidae Pruvot-Fol, 1937
• 18 Hydrobiidae Stimpson, 1865
• 19 Lithoglyphidae Tryon, 1866
• 20 Moitessieriidae Bourguignat, 1863
• 21 Pomatiopsidae Stimpson, 1865
• 22 Stenothyridae Tryon, 1866
• 23 Tateidae Thiele, 1925
• 24 Valvatidae Gray, 1840
• 25 Glacidorbidae Ponder, 1986
• 26 Tantulidae Rankin, 1979, and Acochlidiidae Küthe, 1935
• 27 Chilinidae Dall, 1870
• 28 Latiidae Hutton, 1882
• 29 Lymnaeidae Rafinesque, 1815
• 30 Acroloxidae Thiele, 1931
• 31 Bulinidae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1880
• 32 Burnupiidae Albrecht, 2017
• 33 Physidae Fitzinger, 1833
• 34 Planorbidae Rafinesque, 1815
• 35 Cyrenidae Gray, 1840
• 36 Dreissenidae Gray, 1840
• 37 Sphaeriidae Deshayes, 1855 (1820)
• 38 Unionidae Rafinesque, 1820, and the General Unionida
• 39 Margaritiferidae Henderson, 1929
• 40 Hyriidae Swainson, 1840
• 41 Etheriidae Deshayes, 1832
• 42 Mycetopodidae Gray, 1840
• 43 Iridinidae Swainson, 1840
• Glossary of Systematic Terms
• Contributors
• Index