First Record of Live Clams of Corbicula fluminalis (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae) in the Dagestan Sector of the Caspian Sea Basin


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Abstract

In the basin of the Dagestan sector of the Caspian Sea, live specimens of Corbicula fluminalis (O.F. Müller, 1774) (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Veneroida: Corbiculidae) were recorded for the first time. On April 19 and June 21, 2018, three clams of this species were reported in the benthic samples from the northern part of the Agrakhan Bay, which has a natural connection to the sea.

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M. V. Khlopkova

Precaspian Institute of Biological Resources, Dagestan Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Email: hlopkovam@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Makhachkala, 367025

K. M. Guseynov

Precaspian Institute of Biological Resources, Dagestan Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Email: kais61@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Makhachkala, 367025

A. Sh. Gasanova

Precaspian Institute of Biological Resources, Dagestan Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: kais61@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Makhachkala, 367025

R. M. Barkhalov

Precaspian Institute of Biological Resources, Dagestan Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences; Dagestan State Nature Reserve

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Russian Federation, Makhachkala, 367025; Makhachkala, 367010

U. D. Zurkhaeva

Precaspian Institute of Biological Resources, Dagestan Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: kais61@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Makhachkala, 367025

M. K. Guseynov

Dagestan State University

Email: kais61@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Makhachkala, 367025

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