Author: Vinarski M.V. et al.,
Title: Atlas and Catalogue of the Living Mollusks of the Aral and Caspian Seas
Description: 2024. In 4to, broch., pp. 124 + 16 col. pls, 38 text figs and 5 tabs. The Aral and Caspian Seas belong to the group of the World's largest brackish water basins that are characterized by a long geological history and unique biota, including a rich and diverse fauna of mollusks (bivalves and gastropods). The book provides an annotated inventory of the recent Bivalvia and Gastropoda of the Aral and Caspian Seas, with their synonymy, notes on ecology and distribution, and images of shells (including numerous images of type specimens - holotypes, lectotypes, syntypes, etc.). An extensive overview of the physical geographical conditions of the two basins as well as their geological history is provided alongside with an outline of the historical development of their malacofaunas. A special discussion is devoted to the drastic degradation of the Aralo-Caspian malacofauna in the former century, which was caused primarily by the anthropogenic destruction of the aquatic environment and inflow of alien molluscan species.

Keywords: shells molluscs


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