**Mitochondrial DNA Variation as a Tool for Systematic Status Clarification of Commercial Species – The Case of Two High Commercial**  *Flexopecten* **Forms in the Aegean Sea**

Anastasia Imsiridou1\*, Nikoleta Karaiskou2, Elena Aggelidou1, Vassilios Katsares1 and Sofia Galinou-Mitsoudi1 *1Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture Technology, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Nea Moudania, Halkidiki 2Department of Genetics, Development and Molecular Biology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Macedonia Greece* 
