OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Molluscan Studies is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Ceratal autotomy as a defensive mechanism of the sacoglossan sea slug Placida kingstoni against a generalist crustacean predator	25
Morphology of the warts of Graneledone pacifica and Pareledone charcoti (Cephalopoda: Megaleledonidae)	18
The mitochondrial genome ofIsognomon nucleusand mitogenomics of pteriomorphia (Bivalvia: Autobranchia)	14
Molecular survey of Cryptoplax japonica (Polyplacophora: Cryptoplacidae) reveals cryptic lineages in the northwestern Pacific	14
Response of optic gland pathways to thermal stress in the reproductive phase of female Octopus maya	10
A time-lapse observational study of the activity patterns and feeding behaviour of urban terrestrial gastropods on carcasses of the Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus)	10
Radula packing and storage facilitated by tooth morphology in selected taenioglossan Gastropoda	9
Description of a new Late Cretaceous species ofBulimulusLeach, 1814 (Orthalicoidea: Bulimulidae) using geometric morphometric analysis	9
The hollow newel state in gastropods: when snail shells are open-axis	8
Characterization of the hidden break in giant clam 28S ribosomal RNA	8
Fine-scale genetic structure of the freshwater snail Promenetus exacuous in the New York State region: the influences of historical colonization, habitat connectivity and dispersal ability	7
Molecular and morphological evidence for a unified, inclusiveSinotaia quadrata(Caenogastropoda: Viviparidae: Bellamyinae)	7
Recruitment of hard coral communities on giant clam shells (Cardiidae: Tridacna) differ from surrounding reef habitats at a tourist destination in the Gulf of Thailand	7
Land snail assemblages along altitudinal gradients on Mount Semeru, the highest montane forest in Java, Indonesia	6
Microbial communities associated with endangered West Texas springsnails and their potential roles in conservation	6
The polymorphic top-shell puzzle: iterative taxonomy of Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda: Calliostomatidae), in the Mediterranean Sea	5
Genetic evidence for multiple mating and mixing of sperm from multiple males in the seminal receptacles of female Japanese flying squid (Todarodes pacificus)	5
Aestivation duration and plasticity in the rocky-shore littorinid snail, Echinolittorina malaccana	5
Testing ecological function in the carving of anomalodesmatan morphospace (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Anomalodesmata)	5
Osmoregulatory physiology of the angel wing bivalve Cyrtopleura costata (Pholadidae), an estuarine intertidal burrowing mollusc	4
Illumination can change the periodic variation of the oxygen consumption rate ofCrassostrea gigas	4
Prey utilization by Neptunea arthritica (Caenogastropoda: Buccinidae): predation on gastropods and size-related variation	4
Ontogenetic variability in the diel activity pattern of the marine gastropodCassis cornuta(Mollusca: Cassidae)	4
Overlooked shell features: asymmetrical columellar folds in volutid gastropods	4
Revision of the British Lower Jurassic Astartinae (Bivalvia)	4

Differentiation of European invasive clams of the genusCorbicula(Cyrenidae) using shell shape analysis	4
Comparative sperm morphology of 15 species of limpet (Mollusca: Patellogastropoda: Lottioidea) and correlation with current systematics and phylogenies	3
Portraits of Galeommatoidea	3
Does differential predation of Littorina saxatilis colour morphs contribute to the maintenance of a colour cline? Insights from a field tethering experiment	3
Effect of culture depth on the shell thickness of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis: a practical case study comparing direct and indirect methods of measurement	3
Insight into the adaptive evolution of mitochondrial genomes in intertidal chitons	3
First and oldest record of Seebachia bronni, type species of Seebachia (Bivalvia: Astartidae), from the late Tithonian (Jurassic) of Kutch, India, and its palaeobiogeographic and evoluti	3
Conservation ecology of land snails: a synthesis for Estonia	3
Egg masses and larval development of the Antarctic cephalaspidean snail Waegelea antarctica (Cephalaspidea: Antarctophilinidae), with notes on egg masses of the related Antarctophiline alata	3
Kleptoplasts are continuously digested during feeding in the plastid-bearing sea slug Elysia viridis	3
First record of bipedal locomotion in Callistoctopus furvus	3
Marking the shells of juvenile and adult eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica, with the fluorochrome dye calcein and measuring growth and mortality after marking	3
Population size and movement ecology of intertidal gastropods on rocky shores and seawalls in Singapore	3
Analysis, classification and identification of gastropod locomotive mucus by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy	3
Comparative analysis of three families of hygrophilid snails shows that the egg mass fluid protein haemocyanin-like 1 (Hcl-1) is unique to planorbids	3
Richness, abundance and spatial heterogeneity of gastropods and bivalves in coral ecosystems across the Mexican Tropical Pacific	3