Pascho, Sonja https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8520-3832
Paterson, Harriet https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9825-3588
Skrzypek, Grzegorz https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5686-2393
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Western Australia
Article History
Received: 17 May 2025
Revised: 2 February 2026
Accepted: 7 May 2026
First Online: 26 May 2026
Declarations
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: UWA ethics guidelines were consulted before starting the study, including Animal Welfare Act 2002 (WA) (The Act) and the Australian Code for the Care and Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes (The Code). No ethics approvals were required. ARRIVE guidelines were followed.
: Clam collections for this study were conducted under West Australian Department of Primary Industries and Resource Development fisheries exemptions 250929121 and 3642. Paired shell and mantle tissue specimens from 56 individual Katelysia spp. collected for this study have been submitted to the WA Museum Malacology Collection, Welshpool, WA 6106 (Reference: A8707).
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