Species identification based on a semi-diagnostic marker: Evaluation of a simple conchological test for distinguishing blue mussels Mytilus edulis L. and M. trossulus Gould

• Vadim Khaitov ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: polydora@rambler.ru

  Affiliations St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia, Kandalaksha State Nature Reserve, Kandalaksha, Murmansk Region, Russia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5567-8554

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• Julia Marchenko,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

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• Marina Katolikova,

  Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia, Murmansk Marine Biological Institute, Murmansk, Russia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6110-4258

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• Risto Väinölä,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0056-5741

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• Sarah E. Kingston,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biology & Schiller Coastal Studies Center, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, United States of America, School of Marine Sciences and Darling Marine Center, University of Maine, Walpole, Maine, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1607-1789

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• David B. Carlon,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Biology & Schiller Coastal Studies Center, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, United States of America

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• Michael Gantsevich,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4854-2787

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• Petr Strelkov

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia, Laboratory of Monitoring and Conservation of Natural Arctic Ecosystems, Murmansk Arctic State University, Murmansk, Russia

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