Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

Ecology and Evolution of the Freshwater Mussels Unionoida pp 51–80Cite as

Population Genetics and Systematics of European Unionoidea

  • Chapter

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 145))

Abstract

The taxonomy and systematics of European freshwater mussels (naiades: Unionidae and Margaritiferidae) have suffered from an overestimation of shell characters. Since ecological factors have a strong influence on shell form (Ortmann 1920; Agrell 1948; Kodolova and Logvinenko 1973; Watters 1994), the need to study other characters became obvious. Among others, Davis (1983, 1994) advocated comparing all available information from as many independent sources as possible to arrive at a stable and comprehensive scheme of phylogenetic relationships. Nagel (1988; see also Nagel et al. 1998) proposed a system of European naiades based on anatomical (gills, stomach), microstructural (shell) and morphological (larvae) characters (see Table 4.1). This formed the background for our study of population genetics.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.

Chapter
USD   29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD   129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD   169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD   169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Learn about institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  • Agrell I (1948) The shell morphology of some Swedish unionides as affected by ecological conditions. Ark Zool 41 A: 1–30

    Google Scholar 

  • Baagøe P, Hvilsom MM, Pedersen BV (1985) The species rank of Anodonta anatina (L.) and A. cygnea (L.), with remarks on Pseudanodonta complanata (Rossmässler) (Bivalvia, Unionidae). Vidensk Medd Dan Naturhist Foren 146:75–83

    Google Scholar 

  • Badino G (1980) Genetic variability in freshwater bivalves. 2. PGI polymorphism and its ecological significance in Unio elongatulus Pfeiffer (Bivalvia Eulamellibranchia). Monit Zool Ital (NS) 14:199–210

    Google Scholar 

  • Badino G, Celebrano G (1978) Leucine aminopeptidase variation in two species of the freshwater clam Unio (Bivalvia Eulamellibranchia). Monit Zool Ital (NS) 12:219–228

    Google Scholar 

  • Badino G, Celebrano G (1981) Variabilità genetica nei Bivalvi d’acqua dolce. 3. — Polimorfismi enzimatici e loro impiego nella definizione sistematica delle Unio nord-italiane. Boll Mus Zool Univ Torino 3:25–48

    Google Scholar 

  • Badino G, Sella G, Celebrano G (1984) Sistemi gene-enzima nello studio della differenziazione genetica di popolazioni naturali di molluschi a diversa vagilità. Lavori SIM 22:241–258 (Atti I. Congr Soc Ital Malacol)

    Google Scholar 

  • Badino G, Celebrano G, Nagel K-O (1991) Unio elongatulus and Uniopictorum (Bivalvia: Unionidae): molecular genetics and relationships of Italian and central European populations. Boll Mus Reg Sci Nat Torino 9:261–274

    Google Scholar 

  • Bauer G (1987) Reproductive strategy of the freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera. J Anim Ecol 56:691–704

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Burla H (1971) Gerichtete Ortsveränderungen bei Muscheln der Gattung Anodonta im Zürichsee. Vjschr Naturforsch Ges Zürich 116:181–194

    Google Scholar 

  • Burla H (1972) Die Abundanz von Anodonta, Unio pictorum, Viviparus ater, Lymnaea auricularia und Lymnaea ovata im Zürichsee, in Abhängigkeit von der Wassertiefe und zu verschiedenen Jahreszeiten. Vjschr Naturforsch Ges Zürich 117:129–151

    Google Scholar 

  • Cencetti E (1994) Ecologia e ciclo riproduttivo di Microcondylaea compressa Menke, 1828 (Bivalvia: Unionidae), una specie poco conosciuta. Thesis, University of Siena (Italy), 47 pp (unpublished)

    Google Scholar 

  • Chesney HCG, Oliver PG, Davis GM (1993) Margaritifera durrovensis Phillips, 1928: taxonomic status, ecology and conservation. J Conchol Lond 34:267–299

    Google Scholar 

  • Davis GM (1983) Relative roles of molecular genetics, anatomy, morphometries and ecology in assessing relationships among North American Unionidae (Bivalvia). In: Oxford GS, Rollinson D (eds) Protein polymorphism: adaptive and taxonomic significance. Academic Press, London, pp 193–222

    Google Scholar 

  • Davis GM (1994) Molecular genetics and taxonomic discrimination. Nautilus Suppl 2:3–23

    Google Scholar 

  • Davis GM, Fuller SLH (1981) Genetic relationships among Recent Unionacea (Bivalvia) of North America. Malacologia 20:217–253

    Google Scholar 

  • Davis GM, Heard WH, Fuller SLH, Hesterman C (1981) Molecular genetics and speciation in Elliptio and its relationships to other taxa of North American Unionidae (Bivalvia). Biol J Linn Soc 15:131–150

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Falkner G (1990a) Binnenmollusken. In: Steinbach G (ed) Weichtiere. Europäische Meeresund Binnenmollusken (Steinbachs Naturführer 10). Mosaik Verlag, München, pp 112–280

    Google Scholar 

  • Falkner G (1990b [1991]) Vorschlag für eine Neufassung der Roten Liste der in Bayern vorkommenden Mollusken (Weichtiere). Mit einem revidierten systematischen Verzeichnis der in Bayern nachgewiesenen Molluskenarten. Schriftenreihe Bayerisches Landesamt für Umweltschutz, Heft 97 [= Beiträge zum Artenschutz 10]:61–112

    Google Scholar 

  • Falkner G (1994) Systematik vorderorientalischer Najaden als Vorstudie zur Bearbeitung archäologischer Funde. Forschungen und Berichte zur Vor- und Frühgeschichte in Baden-Württemberg. In: Kokabi M, Wahl J (eds) Beiträge zur Archäozoologie und Prähistorischen Anthropolgie, vol 53. K Theiss, Stuttgart, pp 135–162

    Google Scholar 

  • Felsenstein J (1993) PHYLIP (Phylogeny inference package), version 3.5c. Distributed by the author. Department of Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle

    Google Scholar 

  • Haas F (1969) Superfamilia Unionacea. Tierreich 88:I-X, 1–663

    Google Scholar 

  • Heard WH, Guckert RH (1970) A re-evaluation of the Recent Unionacea (Pelecypoda) of North America. Malacologia 10:333–355

    Google Scholar 

  • Hinkley D (1982) Jackknife. In: Kotz S, Johnson NL (eds) Encyclopedia of statistical sciences, vol 4. John Wiley, New York, pp 280–287

    Google Scholar 

  • Hoeh WR (1990) Phylogenetic relationships among eastern North American Anodonta (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Malacol Rev 23:63–82

    Google Scholar 

  • Hoeh WR, Gordon ME (1996) Criteria for the determination of taxonomic boundaries in freshwater unionoids (Bivalvia: Unionoida): comments on Stiven and Alderman (1992). Malacologia 38:223–227

    Google Scholar 

  • Hvilsom MM, Pedersen BV (1988) The species rank of Unio pictorum (L.), U. tumidus Philipsson, and U crassus Philipsson (Bivalvia, Unionidae). Vidensk Medd Dan Naturhist Foren 147:37–46

    Google Scholar 

  • Kat PW (1983) Morphologic divergence, genetics, and speciation among Lampsilis (Bivalvia: Unionidae). J Molluscan Stud 49:133–145

    Google Scholar 

  • Kodolova OP, Logvinenko BM (1973) Comparison of different populations of bivalves Unio pictorum and U tumidus (Unionidae) by systems of myogens and shell morphology. Zool Zh 52:988–999 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Levene H (1949) On a matching problem arising in genetics. Ann Math Stat 20:91–94

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Logvinenko BM, Kodolova OP (1979) Comparison of myogen systems of some mollusk species of the superfamily Unionacea. Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Biologiya 34:65–69 (original in Russian, cited from an English translation)

    Google Scholar 

  • Miller AC, Payne BS (1988) The need for quantitative sampling to characterize size demography and density of freshwater mussel communities. Am Malacol Bull 6:49–54

    Google Scholar 

  • Modell H (1951) Die Najaden Vorderasiens. Rev Fac Sci Univ Istanbul B 16:351–366

    Google Scholar 

  • Nagel K-O (1988) Anatomische, morphologische und biochemische Untersuchungen zur Taxonomie und Systematik der europäischen Unionacea (Mollusca: Bivalvia). PhD Thesis, University of Kassel, pp 1–100

    Google Scholar 

  • Nagel K-O, Badino G, Alessandria B (1996) Population genetics of European Anodontinae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionidae). J Molluscan Stud 62:343–357

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Nagel K-O, Badino G, Celebrano G (1998) Systematics of European naiades (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae and Unionidae): a review and some new aspects. Malacol Rev Suppl 7 (Bivalvia I):83–104

    Google Scholar 

  • Nei M (1971) Interspecific gene differences and evolutionary time estimated from electrophoretic data on protein identity. Am Nat 105:385–398

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Nei M (1972) Genetic distance between populations. Am Nat 106:283–292

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Nei M (1978) Estimation of average heterozygosity and genetic distance from a small number of individuals. Genetics 89:583–590

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Nesemann H (1993) Zoogeographie und Taxonomie der Muschel-Gattungen Unio Philipsson 1788, Pseudanodonta Bourguignat 1877 und Pseudunio Haas 1910 im oberen und mittleren Donausystem (Bivalvia: Unionidae, Margaritiferidae) (mit Beschreibung von Unio pictorum tisianus n. ssp.). Nachrichtenblatt Ersten Vorarlberger Malakol Ges 1:20–40

    Google Scholar 

  • Nesemann H, Nagel K-O (1989) Die Flußmuscheln (Bivalvia: Unionacea) im Einzugsgebiet der Loire (Zentralfrankreich) — eine erste Bestandserfassung. Mitt Dtsch Malakozool Ges 44/45:1–15

    Google Scholar 

  • Ortmann AE (1920) Correlation of shape and station in fresh-water mussels (naiades). Proc Am Philos Soc 59:269–312 (cited from Watters 1994)

    Google Scholar 

  • Porter AH (1990) Testing nominal species boundaries using gene flow statistics: the taxonomy of two hybridizing admiral butterflies (Limenitis: Nymphalidae). Syst Zool 39:131–147

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Purser GJ (1985) Factors affecting the distribution of the freshwater pearl mussel, Margaritifera margaritifera (L.) in Britain. Thesis, University of Aberdeen, Scotland (unpublished)

    Google Scholar 

  • Rensch B (1929) Das Prinzip geographischer Rassenkreise und das Problem der Artbildung. Bornträger, Berlin

    Google Scholar 

  • Rohlf FJ (1988) NTSYS-pc, Numerical taxonomy and multivariate analysis system (Manual). Exeter, New York

    Google Scholar 

  • Swofford DL, Selander RB (1989) BIOSYS-1, Release 1.7 (Manual). Ill Nat Hist Surv v + 41 pp Watters GT (1994) Form and function of unionoidean shell sculpture and shape (Bivalvia). Am Malacol Bull 11:1–20

    Google Scholar 

  • Weir BS (1990) Intraspecific differentiation. In: Hillis D, Moritz C (eds) Molecular systematics. Sinauer, Sunderland, pp 373–410

    Google Scholar 

  • Weir BS, Cockerham CC (1984) Estimating F-statistics for the analysis of population structure. Evolution 38:1358–1370

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wright S (1931) Evolution in Mendelian populations. Genetics 16:97–159

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Authors
  1. Karl-Otto Nagel
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Guido Badino
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Institut für Biologie I, Universität Freiburg, 79104, Hauptstr. 1, Freiburg, Germany

    Gerhard Bauer

  2. Institut für Zoologie, Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, 30559, Bünteweg 17, Hannover, Germany

    Klaus Wächtler

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2001 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Nagel, KO., Badino, G. (2001). Population Genetics and Systematics of European Unionoidea. In: Bauer, G., Wächtler, K. (eds) Ecology and Evolution of the Freshwater Mussels Unionoida. Ecological Studies, vol 145. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56869-5_4

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56869-5_4

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-642-63140-5

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-642-56869-5

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation