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The examination of the pearl mussel shells demonstrated that more than a half of the molluscs died at an age of 30–50 years and that long-livers were rare. The oldest individuals were not the largest ones.
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Popov, I. (2021). Age and Ageing of Pearl Mussels. In: In the Search of the Lost Pearl. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66255-4_13
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