selected publications chapter Microcondylaea bonellii, a Testimonial for Neglected Endangered Species 2021 conference paper Freshwater mussels in Italy: from no-name species and no-right species to useless regulation 2018 journal article A roadmap for the conservation of freshwater mussels in Europe. Conservation Biology. 2022 Alarming decline of freshwater trigger species in western Mediterranean key biodiversity areas. Conservation Biology. 1367-1379. 2021 The role of anthropogenic habitats in freshwater mussel conservation 2021 Mesozoic mitogenome rearrangements and freshwater mussel (Bivalvia: Unionoidea) macroevolution. Heredity. 2020 Microcondylaea bonellii as a new host for the European bitterling Rhodeus amarus. Knowledge & Management of Aquatic Ecosystems. 4. 2020 Phylogeny of European Anodontini (Bivalvia: Unionidae) with a redescription of Anodonta exulcerata. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 745-761. 2019 Research priorities for freshwater mussel conservation assessment. Biological Conservation. 77-87. 2019 Conservation status of freshwater mussels in Europe: state of the art and future challenges. Biological Reviews. 572-607. 2017 Lifting the curtain on the freshwater mussel diversity of the Italian Peninsula and Croatian Adriatic coast. Biodiversity and Conservation. 3255-3274. 2017 Phylogeny of the most species-rich freshwater bivalve family (Bivalvia: Unionida: Unionidae): Defining modern subfamilies and tribes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 174-191. 2017 Newly developed microsatellite markers for the pan-European duck mussel, Anodonta anatina: Revisiting the main mitochondrial lineages. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 307-318. 2016
co-principal investigator on Freshwater Bivalves at the edge: Adaptation genomics under climate-change scenarios awarded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia 2021 - 2024
