Biodiversity and Distribution of Mollusks of the Families Unionidae and Corbiculidae in the Downstream of the Zarafshan River
Kh. BoimurodovSamarkand Institute of Veterinary MedicineN. KhоdjaevaSamarkand Institute of Veterinary MedicineAzamat EgamkulovSamarkand State UniversityB. AliyevSamarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages
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Abstract
In the aquatic ecosystems of the Amu-Bukhara Reservoir and its environs, 10 species of mollusks and 2 subspecies of mollusks have been identified, which belong to 2 families and 4 genera. It was found that in the reservoir they were distributed in stony soils (2), sandy soils (5) and silts (9). The distribution of 6 species of mollusks and 1 subspecies of mollusks in the Kanimekh reservoir and in the surrounding aquatic ecosystems belonging to 2 families and 4 genera was studied. They are common in rocky soils of the reservoir (2), sandy soils (4) and silts (5).