OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Molluscan Studies is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
A ‘big data’ approach to global freshwater mussel diversity (Bivalvia: Unionoida), with an updated checklist of genera and species	71
Effects of water temperature on glochidium viability of Unio crassus and Sinanodonta woodiana: implications for conservation, management and captive breeding	17
Light and shade of citizen science for less charismatic invertebrate groups: quality assessment of iNaturalist nonmarine mollusc observations in central Italy	15
A ‘big data’ approach to global freshwater mussel diversity (Bivalvia: Unionoida), with an updated checklist of genera and species	14
Differentiation of European invasive clams of the genusCorbicula(Cyrenidae) using shell shape analysis	12
Levels and distribution of tetrodotoxin in the blue-lined octopusHapalochlaena fasciatain Japan, with special reference to within-body allocation	11
Interspecific competition among terrestrial slugs	10
Radula packing and storage facilitated by tooth morphology in selected taenioglossan Gastropoda	10
Community succession in phototrophic shell-degrading endoliths attacking intertidal mussels	9
Insights into sex-related size and shape dimorphism in Semisulcospira niponica (Caenogastropoda: Cerithioidea: Semisulcospiridae)	8
Low abundance but high land snail diversity in montane rainforest on the western slope of the Andes in Ecuador	7
Assessing the systematics of Tylodinidae in the Mediterranean Sea and Eastern Atlantic Ocean: resurrectingTylodina rafinesquiiPhilippi, 1836 (Heterobranchia: Umbraculida)	7
New observations on the corallivorous nudibranchPhestilla melanobrachia: morphology, dietary spectrum and early development	7
Tightening the girdle: phylotranscriptomics of Polyplacophora	7
The genusJorunna(Nudibranchia: Discodorididae) in Europe: a new species and a possible case of incipient speciation	6
Preliminary evidence of fluorescence in Mediterranean heterobranchs	6
The mitogenome of the sunken wood limpetNotocrater youngi: insights into mitogenome evolution in Lepetellida (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda)	6
Plasticity in reproductive traits of an intertidal rocky shore chiton (Polyplacophora: Chitonida) under pre-ENSO and ENSO events	6
Marking the shells of juvenile and adult eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica, with the fluorochrome dye calcein and measuring growth and mortality after marking	6
A preliminary investigation of the response ofOctopus vulgaristo experimental stimuli in the wild	5
Prey utilization by Neptunea arthritica (Caenogastropoda: Buccinidae): predation on gastropods and size-related variation	5
Insight into the adaptive evolution of mitochondrial genomes in intertidal chitons	5
Phylogenetic relationship and habitat both impact the gut microbiome in two microendemic gastropods	5
Phylogenetic position of the deep-sea snail family Haloceratidae and new insights into caenogastropod relationships	5
Richness, abundance and spatial heterogeneity of gastropods and bivalves in coral ecosystems across the Mexican Tropical Pacific	4

First insight into the whole genome shotgun sequence of the endangered noble pen shell Pinna nobilis: a giant bivalve undergoing a mass mortality event	4
Behavioural responses of Anodonta anatina and Unio pictorum to temperature and algal concentration	4
Kleptoplasts are continuously digested during feeding in the plastid-bearing sea slug Elysia viridis	4
Response of optic gland pathways to thermal stress in the reproductive phase of female Octopus maya	4
Taxonomic revision and conservation assessment of the Southeast Asian freshwater mussel genusChamberlainiaSimpson, 1900	4
A new species of Sakuraeolis from Mozambique, described using 3D reconstruction of anatomy and phylogenetic analysis	4
Transitional spherulitic layer in the muricidNucella lapillus	3
Characterization of the hidden break in giant clam 28S ribosomal RNA	3
Assessment of spatiotemporal variability of giant clam populations (Cardiidae:Tridacna) from 11 years of monitoring at Koh Tao, Thailand	3
Regulation of mucosal lectins in the oyster Crassostrea virginica in response to food availability and environmental factors	3
Predicted changes in temperature, more than acidification, affect the shell morphology and survival of the girdled dogwhelk,Trochia cingulata(Linnaeus, 1771)	3
Interactions between the land snails Theba pisana and Cernuella virgata in the laboratory	3
Exceptional among the exceptional: a new species of Stenogyropsis Möllendorff, 1899 (Eupulmonata: Camaenidae), with a review of the free last whorl in terrestrial gastropods	3
Sexual dimorphism in the East Asian freshwater snail Semisulcospira libertina	3
The neglected operculum: a revision of the opercular characters in river snails (Caenogastropoda: Viviparidae)	3
Phylogeny and biogeography of extant and extinct Fusulus (Stylommatophora: Clausiliidae)	3
Closing the gap: a new phylogeny and classification of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae with molecular evidence for 73% of living genera	3
Trophic ecology of the Hubb's octopus Octopus hubbsorum (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) in the central Mexican Pacific	3
Host attraction behaviour: the red exhalent aperture extension of the Neotropical freshwater mussel Castalia ambigua	3
Molecular and morphological evidence for a unified, inclusiveSinotaia quadrata(Caenogastropoda: Viviparidae: Bellamyinae)	3
The shell phenotypic variability of the keyhole limpetFissurella latimarginata: insights from an experimental approach using a water flow flume	3
Assessing the morphological impacts of long-term harvesting in intertidal gastropods using historical data and morphometric tools	3
Is there more than one species in the genusSpirula(Cephalopoda: Decabrachia): evidence for an Atlantic–Pacific divide	3
When a genus must become two: resurrection of Pelagella Gray, 1850 with the description of six new species	3
A review of extantTudivasumRosenberg & Petit, 1987 (Neogastropoda: Turbinellidae) and description of three new species from Western Australia	2
Assessment of the distribution of Ruditapes spp. in northern Mediterranean sites using morphological and genetic data	2
Pushing barcodes to their limits: phylogenetic placement of Fontigens Pilsbry, 1933 (Caenogastropoda: Littorinimorpha: Truncatelloidea) and elevation of Fontigentidae Taylor, 1966	2
More than meets the eye: characterizing the cryptic species complex and Symbiodiniaceae communities in the reef-dwelling nudibranch Pteraeolidia ‘semperi’ (Nudibranchia: Aeolidioidea) fr	2
Environmental correlates of distribution across spatial scales in the intertidal gastropods Littoraria and Echinolittorina of the Indian coastline	2
In a behavioural bioassay, effluents from cigarette butts, cured tobacco and tree leaves differentially affect resting site selection in the land snail Cornu aspersum	2
A phylogeographic assessment redefines the distributions of Truncilla species (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in Texas	2
Transcriptomic landscape of the kleptoplastic sea slug Elysia viridis	2
Shedding light on a species complex within the genus Goniodoridella Pruvot-Fol, 1933 (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae), with the description of three new species	2
Recruitment of hard coral communities on giant clam shells (Cardiidae: Tridacna) differ from surrounding reef habitats at a tourist destination in the Gulf of Thailand	2
Solving the identity of the common shallow-water octopus of the Colombian Caribbean based on the analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequence data	2
Limited occurrence of the profunda morph of the quagga mussels (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) in the Volga River reservoirs of Russia and limited genetic differences between morphs in Russia	2
High levels of mitochondrial DNA sequence divergence among isolated populations of Fontigens (Truncatelloidea: Emmericiidae) in eastern USA	2
Ancestral morphology and taxonomic utility of squid statoliths (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae)	2
A forgotten subspecies of the land snail speciesArianta arbustorumfrom a Pleistocene refuge in the Western Alps	2
Description of a new Late Cretaceous species ofBulimulusLeach, 1814 (Orthalicoidea: Bulimulidae) using geometric morphometric analysis	2
Fine-scale genetic structure of the freshwater snail Promenetus exacuous in the New York State region: the influences of historical colonization, habitat connectivity and dispersal ability	1
Shell shape as a potential predictor of age class in the invasive snailLissachatina fulica	1
The protobranch Aequiyoldia eightsii (Jay, 1839) (Nuculanida: Sareptidae) reveals uncommon siphonal anatomy among bivalves	1
Reproductive cycle, fecundity and growth of the freshwater mussel Unio tumidus (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from Lake Viinijärvi, Finland	1
Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the living Pleurotomariidae (Vetigastropoda), with the description of a new genus	1
Tolerance to extreme hot and cold temperatures in the EU-protected terrestrial slugGeomalacus maculosus	1
Holocene molluscan successions from southeastern Spain (Galera, Andalusia): a palaeoenvironmental framework and a palaeobiogeographic resource of the Granada UNESCO Geopark	1
Very short mountings are enough for sperm transfer inLittorina saxatilis	1
Egg masses and larval development of the Antarctic cephalaspidean snail Waegelea antarctica (Cephalaspidea: Antarctophilinidae), with notes on egg masses of the related Antarctophiline alata	1
The mitochondrial genome ofIsognomon nucleusand mitogenomics of pteriomorphia (Bivalvia: Autobranchia)	1

Osmoregulatory physiology of the angel wing bivalve Cyrtopleura costata (Pholadidae), an estuarine intertidal burrowing mollusc	1
Unravelling morphological overlap of the rock-dwelling snails Pyramidula saxatilis (Hartmann, 1842) and P. pusilla (Vallot, 1801)	1
Shell drilling and gonad biopsies provide a rapid, nonlethal method for in situ assessment of reproductive periodicity in a turbinid gastropod	1
First record of cleaning event between a mating octopus (Octopus insularis) and a barber goby (Elacatinus figaro)	1
On reproduction in the Pacific boreal limpet Erginus (Problacmaea) puniceus Lindberg, 1988 (Patellogastropoda: Rhodopetalidae)	1
Parents living in water, embryos developing in air: respiratory adaptations to use both environments in the freshwater gastropod Pomacea figulina (Gastropoda, Ampullariidae)	1
Substrate specificity of phenoloxidase-like activity in an ecoimmunological model speciesLymnaea stagnalis	1
Population genetics and conservation of recently discovered springsnails in Arizona	1
First record of bipedal locomotion in Callistoctopus furvus	1
Population size and movement ecology of intertidal gastropods on rocky shores and seawalls in Singapore	1
Living in solitude or building reefs: ecophenotypic variation of the vermetid Petaloconchus varians revealed by mitochondrial DNA analysis	1
Where is the genusElysiain the western Atlantic? Potential distribution, species richness and representation in marine protected areas	1
Egg production in Arion vulgaris: density dependence in A. vulgaris and interspecific effects of Limax maximus	1
Reproductive activity of an androdioecious population of clams of the genus Corbicula	1
Mitogenomic analyses shed new light on phylogenetic relationships within the genus Ruditapes (Bivalvia: Veneridae)	1
Capture of conspecific planktonic larvae by the suspension-feeding gastropodCrepipatella peruviana: association between adult and larval size	1
A method of culturing and breeding slugs through several generations	1
Comparative analysis of three families of hygrophilid snails shows that the egg mass fluid protein haemocyanin-like 1 (Hcl-1) is unique to planorbids	1
Molecular survey of Cryptoplax japonica (Polyplacophora: Cryptoplacidae) reveals cryptic lineages in the northwestern Pacific	1