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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
A ‘big data’ approach to global freshwater mussel diversity (Bivalvia: Unionoida), with an updated checklist of genera and species	59
First evidence of introgressive hybridization of apple snails (Pomacea spp.) in their native range	12
Effects of water temperature on glochidium viability of Unio crassus and Sinanodonta woodiana: implications for conservation, management and captive breeding	12
Light and shade of citizen science for less charismatic invertebrate groups: quality assessment of iNaturalist nonmarine mollusc observations in central Italy	11
Stable hooks: biomechanics of heteromorph ammonoids with U-shaped body chambers	11
Digestive gland microbiome of Pleurobema cordatum: mesocosms induce dysbiosis	10
Levels and distribution of tetrodotoxin in the blue-lined octopusHapalochlaena fasciatain Japan, with special reference to within-body allocation	10
A ‘big data’ approach to global freshwater mussel diversity (Bivalvia: Unionoida), with an updated checklist of genera and species	10
Indication of interference competition between the EU-protected Kerry slug Geomalacus maculosus and the native tree slug Lehmannia marginata in Ireland	9
Assessing the diet of octopuses: traditional techniques and the stable isotopes approach	9
Differentiation of European invasive clams of the genus Corbicula (Cyrenidae) using shell shape analysis	8
Radula packing and storage facilitated by tooth morphology in selected taenioglossan Gastropoda	8
Genetic evidence illuminates the origin and global spread of the slug Deroceras invadens	8
In vivo magnetic resonance imaging to assess the sexual maturity of the endangered limpet Patella ferruginea	8
New observations on the corallivorous nudibranchPhestilla melanobrachia: morphology, dietary spectrum and early development	7
Disappearing apple snails (Caenogastropoda: Ampullariidae) of Thailand: a comprehensive update of their taxonomic status and distribution	7
Community succession in phototrophic shell-degrading endoliths attacking intertidal mussels	7
First record of striking sexual dimorphism in two terrestrial caenogastropods	7
Interspecific competition among terrestrial slugs	7
Full stomachs at empty tides: tidal cycle affects feeding activity and diet of the sandy beach gastropod Olivella minuta	7
Systematic revision of the Indo-West Pacific mangrove-associated snails of the genus Bakawan (Cephalaspidea: Haminoeidae)	6
The genusJorunna(Nudibranchia: Discodorididae) in Europe: a new species and a possible case of incipient speciation	6
Assessing the systematics of Tylodinidae in the Mediterranean Sea and Eastern Atlantic Ocean: resurrectingTylodina rafinesquiiPhilippi, 1836 (Heterobranchia: Umbraculida)	6
Tightening the girdle: phylotranscriptomics of Polyplacophora	6
The mitogenome of the sunken wood limpetNotocrater youngi: insights into mitogenome evolution in Lepetellida (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda)	5

Long-term variation of trochid populations in an Irish sea lough	5
Evidence for stage-based larval vulnerability and resilience to acidification in Crassostrea virginica	5
Low abundance but high land snail diversity in montane rainforest on the western slope of the Andes in Ecuador	5
Phylogenetic position of the deep-sea snail family Haloceratidae and new insights into caenogastropod relationships	5
A preliminary investigation of the response ofOctopus vulgaristo experimental stimuli in the wild	4
High cryptic diversity in the kleptoparasitic genus Hyalorisia Dall, 1889 (Littorinimorpha: Capulidae) with the description of nine new species from the Indo-West 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
The complete mitochondrial genomes of four Baikal molluscs from the endemic family Baicaliidae (Caenogastropoda: Truncatelloida)	4
Phylogenetic relationship and habitat both impact the gut microbiome in two microendemic gastropods	4
A new species of Sakuraeolis from Mozambique, described using 3D reconstruction of anatomy and phylogenetic analysis	4
Marking the shells of juvenile and adult eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica, with the fluorochrome dye calcein and measuring growth and mortality after marking	4
Detection of hybrid Pyganodon grandis and P. lacustris (Bivalvia: Unionidae) using F- and M-type mitochondrial DNA sequences and geometric morphometrics	4
Insights into sex-related size and shape dimorphism in Semisulcospira niponica (Caenogastropoda: Cerithioidea: Semisulcospiridae)	4
Feeding and digestion periodicity of Manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum in natural intertidal and subtidal zones estimated from the morphological condition of the crystalline style	4
Assessing the morphological impacts of long-term harvesting in intertidal gastropods using historical data and morphometric tools	3
Resilience of a highly invasive freshwater gastropod, Viviparus georgianus (Caenogastropoda: Viviparidae), to CO2-induced acidification	3
Interactions between the land snails Theba pisana and Cernuella virgata in the laboratory	3
Insight into the adaptive evolution of mitochondrial genomes in intertidal chitons	3
Kleptoplasts are continuously digested during feeding in the plastid-bearing sea slug Elysia viridis	3
The neglected operculum: a revision of the opercular characters in river snails (Caenogastropoda: Viviparidae)	3
Taxonomic revision and conservation assessment of the Southeast Asian freshwater mussel genusChamberlainiaSimpson, 1900	3
Is there more than one species in the genusSpirula(Cephalopoda: Decabrachia): evidence for an Atlantic–Pacific divide	3
Richness, abundance and spatial heterogeneity of gastropods and bivalves in coral ecosystems across the Mexican Tropical Pacific	3
Characterization of the hidden break in giant clam 28S ribosomal RNA	3
The shell phenotypic variability of the keyhole limpet Fissurella latimarginata: insights from an experimental approach using a water flow flume	3
Preliminary evidence of fluorescence in Mediterranean heterobranchs	3
Plasticity in reproductive traits of an intertidal rocky shore chiton (Polyplacophora: Chitonida) under pre-ENSO and ENSO events	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
Transitional spherulitic layer in the muricidNucella lapillus	3
Prey utilization by Neptunea arthritica (Caenogastropoda: Buccinidae): predation on gastropods and size-related variation	3
High levels of mitochondrial DNA sequence divergence among isolated populations of Fontigens (Truncatelloidea: Emmericiidae) in eastern USA	2
Role of ambient wavelength, shell size and pigmentation intensity in the heating of Mediterranean Theba pisana (Eupulmonata: Helicidae)	2
Multiple substrates chosen in mass in situ egg deposition by Drupella in Mauritius, a first record for the western Indian Ocean	2
An integrative approach to the systematics of theBerthella californicaspecies complex (Heterobranchia: Pleurobranchidae)	2
Description of a new Late Cretaceous species ofBulimulusLeach, 1814 (Orthalicoidea: Bulimulidae) using geometric morphometric analysis	2
Regulation of mucosal lectins in the oyster Crassostrea virginica in response to food availability and environmental factors	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
Closing the gap: a new phylogeny and classification of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae with molecular evidence for 73% of living genera	2
Pushing barcodes to their limits: phylogenetic placement of Fontigens Pilsbry, 1933 (Caenogastropoda: Littorinimorpha: Truncatelloidea) and elevation of Fontigentidae Taylor, 1966	2
Host attraction behaviour: the red exhalent aperture extension of the Neotropical freshwater mussel Castalia ambigua	2
Response of optic gland pathways to thermal stress in the reproductive phase of female Octopus maya	2
Behavioural responses of Anodonta anatina and Unio pictorum to temperature and algal concentration	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
Use of tree resin as a food source by Galápagos land snails: a novel hypothesis for the fossilization of snails in amber	2
Trophic ecology of the Hubb's octopus Octopus hubbsorum (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) in the central Mexican Pacific	2
Molecular and morphological evidence for a unified, inclusive Sinotaia quadrata (Caenogastropoda: Viviparidae: Bellamyinae)	2
Assessment of spatiotemporal variability of giant clam populations (Cardiidae: Tridacna) from 11 years of monitoring at Koh Tao, Thailand	2
A review of extantTudivasumRosenberg & Petit, 1987 (Neogastropoda: Turbinellidae) and description of three new species from Western Australia	1
Phylogeny and biogeography of extant and extinct Fusulus (Stylommatophora: Clausiliidae)	1
Sperm ultrastructure in the ocean quahogArctica islandica(Arcticidae) andNeotrapezium sublaevigatum(Trapezidae), with a discussion of relationships within the Arcticoidea and with other	1

Predicted changes in temperature, more than acidification, affect the shell morphology and survival of the girdled dogwhelk,Trochia cingulata(Linnaeus, 1771)	1
Capture of conspecific planktonic larvae by the suspension-feeding gastropodCrepipatella peruviana: association between adult and larval size	1
Transcriptomic landscape of the kleptoplastic sea slug Elysia viridis	1
Very short mountings are enough for sperm transfer inLittorina saxatilis	1
Behavioural aspects of microhabitat segregation of different age stages in the wetland land snail Vertigo moulinsiana (Eupulmonata: Vertiginidae) in the laboratory	1
A forgotten subspecies of the land snail speciesArianta arbustorumfrom a Pleistocene refuge in the Western Alps	1
Environmental correlates of distribution across spatial scales in the intertidal gastropods Littoraria and Echinolittorina of the Indian coastline	1
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	1
Living in solitude or building reefs: ecophenotypic variation of the vermetid Petaloconchus varians revealed by mitochondrial DNA analysis	1
Shell drilling and gonad biopsies provide a rapid, nonlethal method for in situ assessment of reproductive periodicity in a turbinid gastropod	1
Where is the genusElysiain the western Atlantic? Potential distribution, species richness and representation in marine protected areas	1
When a genus must become two: resurrection ofPelagellaGray, 1850 with the description of six new species	1
First record of cleaning event between a mating octopus (Octopus insularis) and a barber goby (Elacatinus figaro)	1
A method of culturing and breeding slugs through several generations	1
Mitogenomic analyses shed new light on phylogenetic relationships within the genus Ruditapes (Bivalvia: Veneridae)	1
Population genetics and conservation of recently discovered springsnails in Arizona	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
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
Differential response of terrestrial gastropod and ground beetle communities to habitat change suggests an ecological association	1
Unravelling morphological overlap of the rock-dwelling snails Pyramidula saxatilis (Hartmann, 1842) and P. pusilla (Vallot, 1801)	1
Egg production in Arion vulgaris: density dependence in A. vulgaris and interspecific effects of Limax maximus	1
First record of Nassarius fuscus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848) from the west coast of India, with the description of its sister species Nassarius arewarensis n. sp. (Buccinoidea: Nassariidae)	1
Native and nonnative bivalve settlement: potential competition for spatial resources in a northeast Florida estuary	1
A phylogeographic assessment redefines the distributions of Truncilla species (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in Texas	1
Shedding light on a species complex within the genus Goniodoridella Pruvot-Fol, 1933 (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae), with the description of three new species	1
Tolerance to extreme hot and cold temperatures in the EU-protected terrestrial slugGeomalacus maculosus	1
Sexual dimorphism in the East Asian freshwater snail Semisulcospira libertina	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