Genetic and Morphological Characterization of the Invasive Corbicula Lineages in European Russia

Despite the full attention of malacologists to the study of Corbicula clams, stimulated mainly due to their high invasive potential and unique breeding system, studies based on an integrative taxonomic approach to identify various invasive lineages of this genus in European Russia are still limited....

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Published in:Water (Basel) 2023-09, Vol.15 (18), p.3226
Main Authors: Kropotin, Alexander V., Bespalaya, Yulia V., Aksenova, Olga V., Kondakov, Alexander V., Aksenov, Andrey S., Khrebtova, Irina S., Palatov, Dmitry M., Travina, Oksana V., Bolotov, Ivan N.
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Language:English
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Ethanol
Genomes
Haplotypes
Mitochondrial DNA
Morphology
Phylogeography
Rivers
Software
Sperm
Taxonomy
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Summary:Despite the full attention of malacologists to the study of Corbicula clams, stimulated mainly due to their high invasive potential and unique breeding system, studies based on an integrative taxonomic approach to identify various invasive lineages of this genus in European Russia are still limited. Our fieldwork was conducted in the Don, Volga, and Caspian Sea basins. In total, four distinct morphotypes belonging to the European forms R, Rlc, S, and “Int” of Corbicula clams were distinguished. According to our molecular genetic data, two Corbicula lineages, relevant to the nominal species Corbicula fluminea and C. fluminalis, can be defined. We observed a discrepancy between mtDNA haplotypes and morphological features for all individuals that were sampled from the Don and Kura Rivers. Identified mismatch may be due to the androgenetic reproduction of Corbicula that leads to cytonuclear inconsistencies. The 28S rRNA polymorphism in C. fluminea and C. fluminalis from studied localities was recorded. This occurrence is perhaps due to hybridization events between forms R, S, and Rlc. The biogeographic origins of Corbicula invasive lineages are discussed. Corbicula fluminalis (FW17, form S) has been detected for first time in the native range, namely in Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Myanmar. We assume that the invasion of C. fluminalis into reservoirs and watercourses of the Caspian Sea basin (Republic of Dagestan and Stavropol Krai of Russia) was from Western Asia and Transcaucasia, and the introduction of C. fluminea to the Don and Volga River basins was from unspecified European countries.
ISSN:2073-4441
2073-4441
DOI:10.3390/w15183226