The Fauna of Bivalves of the Superfamily Pisidioidea
in the Small Waterbodies and Watercourses
of Northwestern Russia (Vologda Oblast)

A. A. Frolov

Murmansk Marine Biological Institute, Kola Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences,
ul. Vladimirskaya 17, Murmansk, 183010 Russia

e-mail: fly1616@yandex.ru

Received November 2, 2007

Abstract—This study of freshwater bivalves of the superfamily Pisidioidea was carried out in small waterbodies
and watercourses of the central part of Vologda oblast in 2000–2005. It revealed 24 species from 13 genera and
3families. The investigated bodies of water were grouped according to the similarity of the mollusk species com-
position. An analysis of the distribution of ecological and biogeographical groups of Pisidioidea was also made.

Key words: small waterbodies and watercourses, bivalves of the superfamily Pisidioidea, fauna.

DOI:10.1134/S1995082909020011


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