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Discovery of an endemism hotspot of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in Assam, with a description of two new genera
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- 1. N. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nikolsky Av.20, 163020 Arkhangelsk, Russia & SSC/IUCN-Mollusc Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, International Union for Conservation of Nature, CB2 3QZ Cambridge, United Kingdom
- 2. Centre for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Dibrugarh University, 786004 Dibrugarh, Assam, India
- 3. Department of Life Sciences, Dibrugarh University, 786004 Dibrugarh, Assam, India
- 4. Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBT), Technical University of Graz, Petersgasse 14, 8010 Graz, Austria
- 5. Hyderabad, India (retired)
- 6. Regional Facility for DNA Fingerprinting (RFDF), Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), 695014 Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
- 7. N. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nikolsky Av.20, 163020 Arkhangelsk, Russia
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Bolotov, Ivan N., Sonowal, Jyotish, Kardong, Devid, Pasupuleti, Rajeev, Subba Rao, Nalluri V., Unnikrishnan, Suresh Kumar, Gofarov, Mikhail Y., Kondakov, Alexander V., Konopleva, Ekaterina S., Lyubas, Artem A., Vikhrev, Ilya V. (2024): Discovery of an endemism hotspot of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in Assam, with a description of two new genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 202 (4): 1-19, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae052, URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae052
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