Morphological and Molecular Studies of the Rapa Whelk, Rapana venosa (Neogastropoda, Muricidae), from Odesa Bay

• Published in: Zoodiversity (Vestnik Zoologii)
• Date: 2021
• Volume: 55
• Issue: 6
• ISSN: 2707-7268
• Author Affiliations: H. Morhun — V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University; M. Son — Institute of Marine Biology NAS of Ukraine, Odesa, Ukraine; O. Kovtun — Department of Hydrobiology and General Ecology, Mechnikov Odessa National University, Odesa, Ukraine; S. Utevsky — Department of Zoology and Animal Ecology, Biological Faculty, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
• Main Authors: Morhun, H., Son, M., Kovtun, O., Utevsky, S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2021
• Online Access: https://ojs.akademperiodyka.org.ua/index.php/Zoodiversity/article/view/208
• Journal Title: Zoodiversity

The gastropod Rapana venosa is a successful worldwide invader occurring in the Black Sea. The aim of this study is to overview specific population features of this mollusk from Odesa Bay through integrative systematic approach by means of morphological and molecular research. For this purpose, indiv...