Vella, N. & Vella, A. (2023)
Phylogeographic Analyses of the Shortfin Mako, Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810 (Chondrichthyes: Lamniformes) from the Central Mediterranean Sea, a Critically Endangered Species in the Region. Fishes, 8(10), Article 520
DOI: 10.3390/fishes8100520

Vella, N. & Vella, A. (2021)
Characterization and comparison of the complete mitochondrial genomes of two stingrays, Dasyatis pastinaca and Dasyatis tortonesei (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) from the Mediterranean Sea. Molecular Biology Reports, 48(1), 219–226
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-020-06038-6

Tsagarakis, K. & Agius Darmanin, S. & Al Mabruk, S.A.A. & Auriemma, R. & Azzurro, E. & Badouvas, N. & Bakiu, R. & Bariche, M. & Battaglia, P. & Betti, F. & Borme, D. & Cacciamani, R. & Cali, F. & Corsini-Foka, M. & Crocetta, F. & Dalyan, C. & Deidun, A. & Digenis, M. & Domenichetti, F. & Dragicevic, B. & Dulcic, J. & Durucan, F. & Guy-Haim, T. & Kesici, N.B. & Lardi, P.L. & Manitaras, Y. & Michailidis, N. & Piraino, S. & Rizgalla, J. & Siapatis, A. & Soldo, M. & Stipa, M.G. & Terbiyik Kurt, T. & Tiralongo, F. & Tsiamis, K. & Vella, A. & Vella, N. & Zava, B. & Gerovasileiou, V. (2021)
New records of rare species in the Mediterranean Sea (October 2021). Mediterranean Marine Science, 22, 627–652
DOI: 10.12681/mms26669

Vella, N. & Vella, A. (2020)
The complete mitogenome of the Critically Endangered smalltooth sand tiger shark, Odontaspis ferox (Lamniformes: Odontaspididae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 5(3), 3319–3322
DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1814886

Vella, N. & Vella, A. (2017)
Population genetics of the deep-sea bluntnose sixgill shark, Hexanchus griseus, revealing spatial genetic heterogeneity. Marine Genomics, 36, 25–32
DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2017.05.012

Vella, A. & Vella, N. & Schembri, S. (2017)
A molecular approach towards taxonomic identification of elasmobranch species from Maltese fisheries landings. Marine Genomics, 36, 17–23
DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2017.08.008

Vella, N. & Vella, A. (2013)
Classification of species within the genus Hexanchus and Heptranchias through mtDNA sequences [Abstract]. Rapport de la Commission Internationale pour la Mer Méditerranée, 40, 706

Vella, N. & Vella, A. (2010)
A preliminary study of the Bluntnose Sixgill Shark, Hexanchus griseus, in the Central Mediterranean Region, around the Maltese islands [Abstract]. Rapport de la Commission Internationale pour la Mer Méditerranée, 39, 695