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The present paper reports on the occurrence of the Atlantic rangia Rangia cuneata in the Wisła Śmiała River (coastal waters of the Gulf of Gdańsk, the southern Baltic Sea) from around 2012–2014.
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Janas, U., Kendzierska, H., Dąbrowska, A.H. et al. Non-indigenous bivalve — the Atlantic rangia Rangia cuneata — in the Wisła Śmiała River (coastal waters of the Gulf of Gdańsk, the southern Baltic Sea). Ocean and Hydro 43, 427–430 (2014). https://doi.org/10.2478/s13545-014-0158-3
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