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Ramos-Gonzalez D, Saenko SV, Davison A. Deep structure, long-distance migration and admixture in the colour polymorphic land snail Cepaea nemoralis. J Evol Biol 2022; 35:1110-1125. [PMID: 35830483 PMCID: PMC9541890 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.14060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Revised: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 06/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Although snails of the genus Cepaea have historically been important in studying colour polymorphism, an ongoing issue is that there is a lack of knowledge of the underlying genetics of the polymorphism, as well as an absence of genomic data to put findings in context. We, therefore, used phylogenomic methods to begin to investigate the post‐glacial history of Cepaea nemoralis, with a long‐term aim to understand the roles that selection and drift have in determining both European‐wide and local patterns of colour polymorphism. By combining prior and new mitochondrial DNA data from over 1500 individuals with ddRAD genomic data from representative individuals across Europe, we show that patterns of differentiation are primarily due to multiple deeply diverged populations of snails. Minimally, there is a widespread Central European population and additional diverged groups in Northern Spain, the Pyrenees, as well as likely Italy and South Eastern Europe. The genomic analysis showed that the present‐day snails in Ireland and possibly some other locations are likely descendants of admixture between snails from the Pyrenees and the Central European group, an observation that is consistent with prior inferences from mitochondrial DNA alone. The interpretation is that C. nemoralis may have arrived in Ireland via long‐distance migration from the Pyrenean region, subsequently admixing with arrivals from elsewhere. This work, therefore, provides a baseline expectation for future studies on the genetics of the colour polymorphism, as well as providing a comparator for similar species.
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- Evolutionary Ecology, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.,Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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High-throughput degraded DNA sequencing of subfossil shells of a critically endangered stenoendemic land snail in the Aegean. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2022; 175:107561. [PMID: 35779768 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Revised: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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High-throughput sequencing has enabled the comprehensive genetic exploration of biological diversity, especially by using natural history collections to study hard-to-find, threatened or even extinct-in-the-wild taxa. Mollusk shells are under-exploited as a source for DNA-based approaches, despite their apparent advantages in the field of conservation genetics. More particularly, degraded DNA techniques combined with high-throughput sequencing have never been used to gain insights about the DNA preservation in land snail subfossil or historical shells. Here, we applied degraded DNA analysis on two historical shells of Levantina rechingeri, a stenoendemic Critically Endangered species that has never been found alive, in order to explore the patterns of DNA preservation on land snail shells originating from the eastern Mediterranean, as well as to infer its molecular phylogenetic placement. Our results showed that centuries to decades-old DNA from an empty shell collected in an Aegean island exhibits characteristic post-mortem damage patterns similar to those observed in ancient DNA from eastern Mediterranean terrestrial animals, setting a precedent for future museomics studies on taxa distributed in areas with similar climate. Finally, genome skimming of the empty shell allowed high coverage of multiple nuclear and mitochondrial loci, enabling the phylogenetic placement of the focal taxon, the re-evaluation of its taxonomic classification, and the revealing of a new Aegean land snail lineage, Aristina genus novum. This approach is a non-invasive way to sample DNA from threatened land snail species and suitable to study the evolutionary history of taxa with cryptic ecology, stenoendemics, or extinct-in-the-wild, as well as old museum specimens.
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Somoza-Valdeolmillos E, Gómez-Moliner BJ, Caro A, Chueca LJ, Martínez-Ortí A, Puente AI, Madeira MJ. Molecular phylogeny of the genus Chondrina (Gastropoda, Panpulmonata, Chondrinidae) in the Iberian Peninsula. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2022; 172:107480. [PMID: 35452839 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2021] [Revised: 03/23/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Chondrina Reichenbach, 1828 is a highly diverse genus of terrestrial molluscs currently including 44 species with about 28 subspecific taxa. It is distributed through North Africa, central and southern Europe, from Portugal in the West to the Caucasus and Asia Minor in the East. Approximately 70% of the species are endemic to the Iberian Peninsula constituting its main center of speciation with 34 species. This genus includes many microendemic taxa, some of them not yet described, confined to limestone habitats (being strictly rock-dwelling species). They are distributed on rocky outcrops up to 2000 m.a.s.l. It is a genus of conical-fusiform snails that differ mainly in shell characters and in the number and position of teeth in their aperture. So far, molecular studies on Chondrina have been based exclusively on the mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase subunit I region (COI). These studies gave a first view of the phylogeny of the genus but many inner nodes were not statistically supported. The main objective of the study is to obtain a better understanding of the phylogeny and systematics of the genus Chondrina on the Iberian Peninsula, using multilocus molecular analysis. Partial sequences of the COI and 16S rRNA genes, as well as of the nuclear Internal Transcribed Spacer 1 (ITS1-5.8S) and Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (5.8S-ITS2-28S) were obtained from individuals of all the extant Chondrina species known from the Iberian Peninsula. In addition to this, the newly obtained COI sequences were combined with those previously published in the GenBank. Phylogenetic relationships were inferred using maximum likelihood and Bayesian methods. The reconstructed phylogenies showed high values of support for more recent branches and basal nodes. Moreover, molecular species delimitation allowed to better definethe studied species and check the presence of new taxa.
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- Eder Somoza-Valdeolmillos
- University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology: Paseo de la Universidad, 7. 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain; Biodiversity Research Group CIEA Lucio Lascaray, Avda. Miguel de Unamuno 3, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Spain.
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- University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology: Paseo de la Universidad, 7. 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain; Biodiversity Research Group CIEA Lucio Lascaray, Avda. Miguel de Unamuno 3, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Spain
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- University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology: Paseo de la Universidad, 7. 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain; Biodiversity Research Group CIEA Lucio Lascaray, Avda. Miguel de Unamuno 3, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Spain
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- University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology: Paseo de la Universidad, 7. 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain; LOEWE-Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG), Senckenberg Nature Research Society, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Museu Valencià d'Història Natural, Apto. 8460, E-46018, Valencia and Universitat de València, Faculty of Pharmacy, Parasitology Departament, Burjassot, Valencia, (Spain)
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- University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology: Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48015 Leioa, Spain
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- University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology: Paseo de la Universidad, 7. 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain; Biodiversity Research Group CIEA Lucio Lascaray, Avda. Miguel de Unamuno 3, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Spain
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Diversity of Land Snail Tribe Helicini (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Helicidae): Where Do We Stand after 20 Years of Sequencing Mitochondrial Markers? DIVERSITY 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/d14010024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Sequences of mitochondrial genes revolutionized the understanding of animal diversity and continue to be an important tool in biodiversity research. In the tribe Helicini, a prominent group of the western Palaearctic land snail fauna, mitochondrial data accumulating since the 2000s helped to newly delimit genera, inform species-level taxonomy and reconstruct past range dynamics. We combined the published data with own unpublished sequences and provide a detailed overview of what they revealed about the diversity of the group. The delimitation of Helix is revised by placing Helix godetiana back in the genus and new synonymies are suggested within the genera Codringtonia and Helix. The spatial distribution of intraspecific mitochondrial lineages of several species is shown for the first time. Comparisons between species reveal considerable variation in distribution patterns of intraspecific lineages, from broad postglacial distributions to regions with a fine-scale pattern of allopatric lineage replacement. To provide a baseline for further research and information for anyone re-using the data, we thoroughly discuss the gaps in the current dataset, focusing on both taxonomic and geographic coverage. Thanks to the wealth of data already amassed and the relative ease with which they can be obtained, mitochondrial sequences remain an important source of information on intraspecific diversity over large areas and taxa.
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Neiber MT, Korábek O, Glaubrecht M, Hausdorf B. A misinterpreted disjunction: the phylogenetic relationships of the North African land snail Gyrostomella (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Helicidae). Zool J Linn Soc 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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The North African helicid Gyrostomella has been considered closely related to Levantina, suggesting a disjunct distribution with a distribution gap of almost 2000 km in North Africa. We studied this disjunction and the systematics of Helicinae using molecular markers. Our analyses indicate an affiliation of Gyrostomella with the radiation of Helicinae in the Maghreb, especially with Maurohelix. The occurrence of Gyrostomella in Libya does not represent a western outpost of Helicini in North Africa, but an eastern outpost of the Maghreb radiation of Helicinae. The disjunction of Gyrostomella in Libya and Maurohelix in Algeria may be the result of a long-distance dispersal or may represent relicts of a larger range of the lineage in the past as a consequence of aridification processes in North Africa. Taking into account biogeographic patterns, we suggest a subdivision of Helicinae into four tribes: Allognathini, Helicini, Maculariini trib. nov. and Thebini. The Eastern Mediterranean Helicini diverged from the Western Mediterranean clade in the Eocene. The Western Mediterranean clade then split into Allognathini in the Iberian Peninsula, Maculariini in the region of the future western Alps and Thebini on terranes probably including the Rif-Betic and Kabylies blocks that now form part of the Maghreb region.
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- Marco T Neiber
- Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, 12844 Praha 2, Czechia
- Leibniz-Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), Zoological Museum, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
- Leibniz-Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), Zoological Museum, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
- Leibniz-Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), Zoological Museum, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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The introduction of the European Caucasotachea vindobonensis (Gastropoda: Helicidae) in North America, its origin and its potential range. Biol Invasions 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-021-02579-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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AbstractWe report the introduction of the central and eastern European helicid land snail Caucasotachea vindobonensis in North America. It was first recorded from Rensselaer County in the state of New York in 2015 by a community scientist. From 2016 to 2020, 14 additional occurrences in Rensselaer County, neighbouring Albany County and an imprecisely localized site in the Adirondack Mountains were recorded by community scientists. In 2020, the species was newly recorded at two sites in Schoharie County, NY, and at three sites in Québec, one of them approximately 700 km to the north of the initial record. Partial mitochondrial cox1 sequences from Rensselaer differ from an eastern Ukrainian haplotype only in a single substitution. Therefore, a Ukrainian origin for this introduction is likely, although not certain: the Rensselaer haplotype also differs in only two substitutions from a more widespread haplotype known from Ukraine, Hungary, Slovakia, Czechia, Serbia, and Bulgaria. An environmental niche model of the species based on occurrence data from central and eastern Europe indicated that a large region from the northern east coast to the midwestern United States is suitable for C. vindobonensis. The Canadian occurrences may indicate that the North American lineage is able to survive colder winters than predicted by the environmental niche model. Caucasotachea vindobonensis is not listed as a pest in Europe and it is unlikely to become an agricultural pest in North America as it prefers rotting plant material over living parts of plants, but its impact on native organisms can hardly be predicted.
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Korshunova TA, Driessen FMF, Picton BE, Martynov AV. The multilevel organismal diversity approach deciphers difficult to distinguish nudibranch species complex. Sci Rep 2021; 11:18323. [PMID: 34526521 PMCID: PMC8443629 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-94863-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Species identification is a key procedure for broad-scoped ecological, phylogeographic and evolutionary studies. However, to perform a taxonomic study in the molecular era is a complicated task that has many pitfalls. In the present study we use particular examples of common but difficult to distinguish European species within the genus of Polycera (Nudibranchia, Mollusca) to discuss the general issues of the "cryptic species" problem that has broad biological and interdisciplinary importance and can significantly impede ecological, evolutionary, and other biodiversity-related research. The largest dataset of molecular and morphological information for European nudibranchs ever applied encompasses a wide geographical area and shapes a robust framework in this study. Four species are recognized in the species complex, including a new one. It is shown that a lack of appropriate taxonomic analysis led recently to considerable errors in species identity assessment of this complex. Chromatic polymorphism for each species is mapped in a periodic-like framework and combined with statistical analysis of the diagnostic features that considerably facilitates identification of particular species in the complex for biologists and practitioners. The present study evidently shows that "cryptic" and "non-cryptic" components are present within the same species. Therefore, this species complex is well suited for the exploring and testing of general biological problems. One of the main conclusions of this study is that division of biological diversity into "cryptic" and "non-cryptic" components is counterproductive. We propose that the central biological phenomenon of a species can instead be universally designated as multilevel organismal diversity thereby provide a practical set of methods for its investigation.
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- Tatiana A Korshunova
- Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology RAS, 26 Vavilova Str., 119334, Moscow, Russia
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- Bureau Waardenburg BV, Aquatic Ecology, Varkensmarkt 9, 4101 CK, Culemborg, The Netherlands.,Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), PO Box 59, 1790 AB, Den Burg, The Netherlands
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- National Museums Northern Ireland, Holywood, Northern Ireland, BT18 0EU, UK.,Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str. 6, 125009, Moscow, Russia.
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Multiple Introductions of the Pestiferous Land Snail Theba pisana (Müller, 1774) (Gastropoda: Helicidae) in Southern California. INSECTS 2021; 12:insects12080662. [PMID: 34442227 PMCID: PMC8396441 DOI: 10.3390/insects12080662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Revised: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Simple Summary In Southern California, USA, the introduced white Italian land snail, Theba pisana, is prolific and locally pestiferous. To better understand its diversity and infer its parent population(s), we collected it from Los Angeles and San Diego counties and generated and analyzed gene sequence data (CO1, 16S, ITS2) that we compared between localities and to T. pisana CO1 barcodes from around the world. We also compared the morphology of the jaw, radula, and reproductive systems in T. pisana from Los Angeles and San Diego Counties. We found that T. pisana living at several sites in Los Angeles County in 2019–2020 had a single origin and were most similar in CO1 DNA sequence, based on available data, to specimens from Malta. Theba pisana collected from one site in San Diego County differed from Los Angeles T. pisana and were most similar in CO1 barcode sequence to specimens from Morocco. Jaw and mucous gland morphology also differed between Los Angeles and San Diego populations, but it is unclear if these traits are unique to lineages of T. pisana or if they change during a snail’s lifetime. We discuss how Los Angeles and San Diego T. pisana lineages may have arrived in Southern California and anticipate that the genetic data and morphological observations generated by this study will inform future studies of T. pisana where it is native and introduced. Abstract The terrestrial land snail Theba pisana is circum-Mediterranean in native range and widely introduced and pestiferous in regions around the world. In California, USA, T. pisana has been recorded intermittently since 1914, but its source population(s) are unknown, and no morphological or molecular analyses within or between California populations have been published. Therefore, we compared molecular data (CO1, 16S, ITS2) and internal morphology (jaw, radula, reproductive system) in T. pisana collected from Los Angeles and San Diego counties in 2019–2020. DNA barcode (CO1 mtDNA) analysis revealed that T. pisana from Los Angeles County was most similar to T. pisana from the Mediterranean island of Malta, and northern San Diego County-collected specimens were most similar to T. pisana from Morocco. Morphology of the jaw and mucous glands also differed between Los Angeles and San Diego populations, but it is unclear if traits are lineage-specific or artifacts of ontogeny. Several pathways of introduction into Southern California are possible for this species, but evidence for intentional vs. accidental introduction of present populations is lacking. Subsequent investigation(s) could use the data generated herein to assess the provenance of T. pisana elsewhere in California and/or worldwide and inform analyses of reproductive biology and systematics in this widespread species.
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Jackson HJ, Larsson J, Davison A. Quantitative measures and 3D shell models reveal interactions between bands and their position on growing snail shells. Ecol Evol 2021; 11:6634-6648. [PMID: 34141246 PMCID: PMC8207382 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Revised: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The nature of shell growth in gastropods is useful because it preserves the ontogeny of shape, colour, and banding patterns, making them an ideal system for understanding how inherited variation develops, is established and maintained within a population. However, qualitative scoring of inherited shell characters means there is a lack of knowledge regarding the mechanisms that control fine variation. Here, we combine empirical measures of quantitative variation and 3D modeling of shells to understand how bands are placed and interact. By comparing five-banded Cepaea individuals to shells lacking individual bands, we show that individual band absence has minor but significant impacts upon the position of remaining bands, implying that the locus controlling band presence/absence mainly acts after position is established. Then, we show that the shell grows at a similar rate, except for the region below the lowermost band. This demonstrates that wider bands of Cepaea are not an artifact of greater shell growth on the lower shell; they begin wider and grow at the same rate as other bands. Finally, we show that 3D models of shell shape and banding pattern, inferred from 2D photos using ShellShaper software, are congruent with empirical measures. This work therefore establishes a method that may be used for comparative studies of quantitative banding variation in snail shells, extraction of growth parameters, and morphometrics. In the future, studies that link the banding phenotype to the network of shell matrix proteins involved in biomineralization and patterning may ultimately aid in understanding the diversity of shell forms found in molluscs.
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- Department of Animal and Plant SciencesUniversity of SheffieldSheffieldUK
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- School of Life SciencesUniversity of NottinghamNottinghamUK
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Incorporating palaeogeography into ancestral area estimation can explain the disjunct distribution of land snails in Macaronesia and the Balearic Islands (Helicidae: Allognathini). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2021; 162:107196. [PMID: 33965538 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2021] [Revised: 04/18/2021] [Accepted: 04/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The systematics and biogeographical history of the Eastern Mediterranean and Macaronesian land snail tribe Allognathini (Helicidae: Helicinae) is investigated based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data. Our molecular phylogenetic analyses indicate that the genus-group systematics of the tribe needs to be revised. We show for the first time that the narrow-range endemics Lampadia and Idiomela from the Madeira Archipelago belong to Allognathini and represent together the sister group of the diverse Canary Island Hemicycla radiation. We therefore suggest synonymising Lampadiini with Allognathini. Sister to these Macaronesian genera was the Balearic Island Allognathus radiation. Pseudotachea was not recovered as a monophyletic group and the two currently recognised species clustered in Iberus. Similarly, Adiverticula was not recovered as a monophyletic group and clustered in Hemicycla. We therefore suggest synonymising Pseudotachea with Iberus and Adiverticula with Hemicycla. The six genera in Allognathini, which we distinguish here (Cepaea, Iberus, Allognathus, Hemicycla, Idiomela and Lampadia), originated in Western to South-western Europe according to our ancestral area estimation and the fossil record. The disjunct distribution of the Balearic Islands and Macaronesian sister clades and the mainly Iberian Iberus clade that separated earlier can be explained by the separation of the Betic-Rif System from the Iberian Peninsula during the late Oligocene to early Miocene, along with independent Miocene dispersals to the Balearic Islands and Macaronesia from the Iberian Peninsula, where the ancestral lineage became extinct.
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Petraccioli A, Niero I, Carandente F, Crovato P, de VICO G, Odierna G, Picariello OLA, Tardy E, Viglietti S, Guarino FM, Maio N. Helix straminea Briganti, 1825 in Italy (Gastropoda: Pulmonata): taxonomic history, morphology, biology, distribution and phylogeny. THE EUROPEAN ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2021.1892217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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- A. Petraccioli
- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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- Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali, Venezia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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- Società Italiana di Malacologia, Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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- Département de la Culture et du Sport, Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Genève, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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Korábek O, Kosová T, Dolejš P, Petrusek A, Neubert E, Juřičková L. Geographic isolation and human-assisted dispersal in land snails: a Mediterranean story of Helix borealis and its relatives (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Helicidae). Zool J Linn Soc 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The Mediterranean basin is a major centre for land-snail diversity, with many localized endemics, but there are also species widely spread by humans. Both endemics and introductions can be found in the snail genus Helix, which comprises many large-bodied species used for human consumption in the past and present. The Mediterranean clade of Helix is currently distributed throughout this region, but the phylogenetic and biogeographic relationships among its forms from different parts of the basin remain enigmatic. The reasons include insufficient sampling, taxa with unclear taxonomy and a significant impact of human-assisted transport obscuring the natural distribution of phylogenetic lineages. We provide evidence that European and Anatolian populations of H. cincta and its relatives are not native to those regions, but originate from the northern Levant. These results have implications for taxonomy of the genus, but also for the understanding of its evolutionary history. We posit that the Mediterranean clade consists of four geographically separated groups, which diversified in Northern Africa, the Apennine Peninsula and Corsica, the Aegean and Greece, and the northern Levant. This geographic pattern has been subsequently blurred by multiple instances of human-assisted dispersal. However, revealing the founding populations with certainty requires thorough sampling in currently inaccessible countries.
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- Ondřej Korábek
- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná, Praha, CZ, Czechia
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná, Praha, CZ, Czechia
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- Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, National Museum, Cirkusová, Praha 9-Horní Počernice, CZ, Czechia
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- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná, Praha, CZ, Czechia
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- Natural History Museum of the Burgergemeinde Bern, Bernastrasse, Bern, CH, Switzerland
- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse, Bern, CH, Switzerland
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná, Praha, CZ, Czechia
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Zając KS, Stec D. Molecular Approach to Identifying Three Closely Related Slug Species of the genus Deroceras (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Agriolimacidae). Zool Stud 2020; 59:e55. [PMID: 34140973 PMCID: PMC8181155 DOI: 10.6620/zs.2020.59-55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Accepted: 09/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Some species of slugs belonging to the genus Deroceras are invasive and cause severe agricultural damage. Despite extensive knowledge about their invasiveness, data on the molecular differentiation of these morphologically similar species are lacking. Here we present a molecular approach to identifying three closely related species of the genus Deroceras-D. agreste (L., 1758), D. reticulatum (O. F. Müller, 1774) and D. turcicum (Simroth, 1894) (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Agriolimacidae)-based on sequences of multiple molecular markers: cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI), cytochrome b (cyt-b), internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS-2) and 28S ribosomal RNA (28S rRNA). We also provide detailed photomicrographs of the penis and penial gland of the three species, as it is the latter that holds the most important phenotypic characters for distinguishing between these taxa. Since identification of the studied species based solely on morphology is considered challenging, contributing a means of molecular differentiation will aid further ecological and biodiversity surveys of these important pests.
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- Kamila S Zając
- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Kraków, Poland. (Zając)
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- Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30-387 Kraków, Poland. E-mail: (Stec)
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Hausdorf B, Bamberger S, Walther F. A Sicilian–Cretan biogeographical disjunction in the land snail genus Cornu (Gastropoda: Helicidae). Zool J Linn Soc 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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We report an unusual biogeographical disjunction between the western and the eastern Mediterranean region. Cornu (Gastropoda: Helicidae) is a western Mediterranean land snail genus. It includes Cornu (Cornu) aspersum, which originated in north-western Africa and was distributed by humans for food or accidentally, first throughout the Mediterranean region and, subsequently, to all continents except Antarctica. It also includes three species belonging to the subgenus Erctella, which are all endemic to Sicily. We discovered a new species of Cornu on the Greek island of Crete. The morphological and molecular genetic analyses showed that the species from Crete is a disjunct representative of the subgenus Erctella. We hypothesize that the disjunction originated by a long-distance dispersal event of the ancestors of the Cretan species from Sicily by birds or by sea currents, perhaps facilitated by a tsunami or a similar event. The Cretan lineage separated from the Sicilian species in the Late Miocene or Early Pliocene. This divergence time is compatible with the hypothesis that the ancestor of Cornu cretense sp. nov. was washed from Sicily to Crete by the Zanclean flood that refilled the Mediterranean basin after it had dried up during the Messinian salinity crisis.
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- Bernhard Hausdorf
- Center of Natural History, Zoological Museum, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center of Natural History, Zoological Museum, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center of Natural History, Zoological Museum, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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Korshunova T, Malmberg K, Prkić J, Petani A, Fletcher K, Lundin K, Martynov A. Fine-scale species delimitation: speciation in process and periodic patterns in nudibranch diversity. Zookeys 2020; 917:15-50. [PMID: 32206016 PMCID: PMC7076062 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.917.47444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2019] [Accepted: 01/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Using the nudibranch genus Amphorina as a model, ongoing speciation is demonstrated, as well as how periodic-like patterns in colouration can be included in an integrated method of fine-scale species delimitation. By combining several methods, including BPP analysis and the study of molecular, morphological, and ecological data from a large number of specimens within a broad geographic range from northern Europe to the Mediterranean, five species are recognised within the genus Amphorina, reviewed here for the first time. Two new species from the southwestern coast of Sweden are described, A. viriola sp. nov. and A. andra sp. nov. Evidence is provided of a recent speciation process between the two closely related, yet separate, species which inhabit the same geographic localities but demonstrate strict water depth differentiation, with one species inhabiting the shallow brackish top layer above the halocline and the other species inhabiting the underlying saltier water. The results presented here are of relevance for currently debated issues such as conservation in relation to speciation, fine species delimitation, and integration of molecular, morphological and ecological information in biodiversity studies. The periodic approach to biological taxonomy has considerable practical potential for various organismal groups.
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- Tatiana Korshunova
- Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology RAS, 26 Vavilova Str., 119334 Moscow, Russia Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology RAS Moscow Russia.,Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str. 6, 125009 Moscow, Russia Moscow State University Moscow Russia
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- Aquatilis, Nostravägen 11, S-41743, Gothenburg, Sweden Aquatilis Gothenburgh Sweden
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- Getaldiceva 11, C 21000 Split, Croatia Unaffiliated Split Croatia
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- Put Kotlara 6, C 23000 Zadar, Croatia Unaffiliated Zadar Croatia
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- Port Orchard, Washington, 98366, USA Unaffiliated Port Orchard United States of America
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- Gothenburg Natural History Museum, Box 7283, SE-40235, Gothenburg, Sweden Gothenburg Natural History Museum Gothenburg Sweden.,Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Box 461, SE-40530, Gothenburg, Sweden Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre Gothenburg Sweden
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- Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str. 6, 125009 Moscow, Russia Moscow State University Moscow Russia
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Korábek O, Juřičková L, Petrusek A. Inferring the sources of postglacial range expansion in two large European land snails. J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Ondřej Korábek
- Department of Ecology Faculty of Science Charles University Praha Czechia
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- Department of Zoology Faculty of Science Charles University Praha Czechia
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- Department of Ecology Faculty of Science Charles University Praha Czechia
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Korábek O. On Helix grisea Linnaeus, 1758 and the Helix species described by Carl Linnaeus and Otto Friedrich Müller. MALACOLOGICA BOHEMOSLOVACA 2020. [DOI: 10.5817/mab2020-19-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Helix grisea was described by Linnaeus in 1758, and its identity has been doubtful ever since. The name features in the early taxonomic history of some other species of Helix sensu lato. Here I provide a summary of the history of its use. Mostly, the name was applied for the widespread species now accepted as Cornu aspersum (O. F. Müller, 1774), while a few authors used it for Helix cincta O. F. Müller, 1774. Neither usage is in line with the Linnaeus' account. Based on a figure to which Linnaeus referred, I propose that the name originally applied to a species now known as Helix lucorum Linnaeus, 1758 and as the first reviser, I give precedence to H. lucorum over H. grisea. In respect to C. aspersum, H. grisea cannot take precedence because of reversal of precedence according to Art. 23.9, and is pronounced a nomen oblitum. The case of H. grisea illustrates the importance of Müller's work for the taxonomy of the genus. In this respect it is regrettable that some of his species, including C. aspersum, lack a known and well documented type specimens.
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Bouaziz-Yahiatene H, Inäbnit T, Medjdoub-Bensaad F, Colomba MS, Sparacio I, Gregorini A, Liberto F, Neubert E. Revisited - the species of Tweeting vineyard snails, genus Cantareus Risso, 1826 (Stylommatophora, Helicidae, Helicinae, Otalini). Zookeys 2019; 876:1-26. [PMID: 31582884 PMCID: PMC6761209 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.876.36472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2019] [Accepted: 08/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The generic allocation of Helixsubaperta is clarified by using genetic data and morphological traits of the genital organs; its position within the hitherto monotypic genus Cantareus is corroborated. Further analysis of several specimens of Cantareusapertus from Algeria and Italy revealed that this taxon is composed of two species, C.apertus from Italy, and C.koraegaelius from Algeria. The morphological traits of the genital organs of all three species are discussed, and the definition of the genus Cantareus is amended. All three species confined to Cantareus are re-described, and the syntype specimen of H.aperta is illustrated.
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- Houria Bouaziz-Yahiatene
- Laboratoire de Production, sauvegarde des espèces menacées et des récoltes, Influence des variations climatiques, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences Biologiques et des Sciences Agronomiques, Université Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi-Ouzou, 15000, Algeria
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- Natural History Museum of the Burgergemeinde Bern, Bernastrasse 15, CH-3005 Bern, Switzerland.,Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Production, sauvegarde des espèces menacées et des récoltes, Influence des variations climatiques, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences Biologiques et des Sciences Agronomiques, Université Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi-Ouzou, 15000, Algeria
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- University of Urbino, Dept. of Biomolecular Sciences, Via I. Maggetti 22, 61029 Urbino (PU), Italy
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- University of Urbino, Dept. of Biomolecular Sciences, Via I. Maggetti 22, 61029 Urbino (PU), Italy
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- Via del Giubileo Magno n 93, 90015 Cefalù (PA), Italy
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- Natural History Museum of the Burgergemeinde Bern, Bernastrasse 15, CH-3005 Bern, Switzerland.,Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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Krings W, Faust T, Kovalev A, Neiber MT, Glaubrecht M, Gorb S. In slow motion: radula motion pattern and forces exerted to the substrate in the land snail Cornu aspersum (Mollusca, Gastropoda) during feeding. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2019; 6:190222. [PMID: 31417728 PMCID: PMC6689628 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.190222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Accepted: 06/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The radula is the anatomical structure used for feeding in most species of Mollusca. Previous studies have revealed that radulae can be adapted to the food or the substrate the food lies on, but the real, in vivo forces exerted by this organ on substrates and the stresses that are transmitted by the teeth are unknown. Here, we relate physical properties of the radular teeth of Cornu aspersum (Müller. 1774 Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Volumen alterum. Heineck & Faber, Havniæ & Lipsiæ.), a large land snail, with experiments revealing their radula scratching force. The radula motion was recorded with high-speed video, and the contact area between tooth cusps and the substrate was calculated. Forces were measured in all directions; highest forces (106.91 mN) were exerted while scratching, second highest forces while pulling the radula upwards and pressing the food against its counter bearing, the jaw, because the main ingesta disaggregation takes place during those two processes. Nanoindentation revealed that the tooth hardness and elasticity in this species are comparable to wood. The teeth are softer than some of their ingesta, but since the small contact area of the tooth cusps (227 µm2) transmits high local pressure (4698.7 bar) on the ingesta surface, harder material can still be cut or pierced with abrasion. This method measuring the forces produced by the radula during feeding could be used in further experiments on gastropods for better understanding functions and adaptations of radulae to ingesta or substrate, and hence, gastropods speciation and evolution.
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- Wencke Krings
- Center of Natural History (CeNak), University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center of Natural History (CeNak), University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Functional Morphology and Biomechanics, Zoological Institute of the University of Kiel, Am Botanischen Garten 9, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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- Center of Natural History (CeNak), University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center of Natural History (CeNak), University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Functional Morphology and Biomechanics, Zoological Institute of the University of Kiel, Am Botanischen Garten 9, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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Kneubühler J, Hutterer R, Pfarrer B, Neubert E. Anatomical and phylogenetic investigation of the genera Alabastrina Kobelt, 1904, Siretia Pallary, 1926, and Otala Schumacher, 1817 (Stylommatophora, Helicidae). Zookeys 2019; 843:1-37. [PMID: 31138998 PMCID: PMC6522470 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.843.32867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2019] [Accepted: 04/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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This study presents new insights in the anatomy of genital organs of some large helicid gastropods from northern Africa. The genetic analysis with the markers COI, 16S, H3, and 5.8 S rRNA+ITS2 reveales a high support for Alabastrina and Otala as separate evolutionary lineages within the Otalini. The position of Siretia as another separate lineage within the Otalini is discussed. “Tingitanaminetteidecussata” clusters within the O.xanthodon clade and confirms that the genus Tingitana can be synonymised with Otala. The genus Alabastrina differs from all other known genera by possession of a penial appendix. This character state is also found in topotypic A.tistutensis. Examination of the twin penial papilla system in Otala recovers a reduction of the proximal penial papilla in O.punctata. The position of Helixmurcica as a separate subspecies of O.lactea is not supported, and it is here considered to be a synonym of the latter species.
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- Jeannette Kneubühler
- Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern, 3005 Bern, Switzerland.,Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, 53113 Bonn, Germany
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- Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern, 3005 Bern, Switzerland.,Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern, 3005 Bern, Switzerland.,Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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Orábek O, Petrusek A, Rovatsos M. The complete mitogenome of Helixpomatia and the basal phylogeny of Helicinae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Helicidae). Zookeys 2019; 827:19-30. [PMID: 31114424 PMCID: PMC6472302 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.827.33057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2019] [Accepted: 01/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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A complete mitochondrial genome of the Roman snail Helixpomatia Linnaeus, 1758 has been sequenced. The length and gene order correspond to that of other available helicid mitogenomes. We used the mitogenome sequence to reappraise the relationships among the four presumed principal groups of the helicid subfamily Helicinae. The results support the idea that the subfamily is divided between two western Palaearctic diversification centres: Iberian Peninsula and western Maghreb in the west, and Anatolia, the Aegean and Caucasus in the east. One group, the tribe Helicini, diversified in the east and the remaining three currently recognised tribes in the west. However, the exact relationships among lineages of the non-Helicini tribes could not be resolved.
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- Ondřej Orábek
- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, CZ-12844 Prague 2, Czechia Charles University Prague Czech Republic
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- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, CZ-12844 Prague 2, Czechia Charles University Prague Czech Republic
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- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, CZ-12844 Prague 2, Czechia Charles University Prague Czech Republic
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Groenenberg DSJ, Duijm E. The complete mitogenome of the Roman snail Helix pomatia Linnaeus 1758 (Stylommatophora: Helicidae). Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1601512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Ezzine IK, Dimassi N, Pfarrer B, Said K, Neubert E. New records of the endemic Sicilian land snail species Marmorana (Murella) muralis (O. F. Müller, 1774) from the north of Tunisia (Pulmonata, Gastropoda). Zookeys 2018:131-147. [PMID: 30057476 PMCID: PMC6062567 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.775.25740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2018] [Accepted: 06/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Marmorana (Murella) muralis is known as an endemic species of Sicily Island, which is introduced in many European countries. Here, M. (M.) muralis is recorded from the north of Tunisia. In order to confirm the identification of samples collected from several localities, shell morphology, details of genital organs and two mitochondrial markers (COI and 16S) were investigated. The results of the molecular study, as well as the morphological and anatomical studies confirm the identification of all Tunisian samples as M. (M.) muralis. The analysis of mitochondrial markers shows a low divergence between Sicilian and Tunisian samples suggesting a recent introduction of M. (M.) muralis to the North of Tunisia. The comparison of morphological characters of M. (M.) muralis with shell characters of Murellanicollei described by Pallary (1926) confirms that the latter should be considered as synonym of M. (M.) muralis.
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- Issaad Kawther Ezzine
- Laboratoire de génétique, biodiversité et valorisation des bio-ressources, Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie de Monastir, Avenue Taher Hadded (B.P 74) Monastir 5000, Tunisia
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- Laboratoire de génétique, biodiversité et valorisation des bio-ressources, Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie de Monastir, Avenue Taher Hadded (B.P 74) Monastir 5000, Tunisia
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- Natural History Museum Bern, Bernastr. 15, CH-3005 Bern, Switzerland.,Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de génétique, biodiversité et valorisation des bio-ressources, Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie de Monastir, Avenue Taher Hadded (B.P 74) Monastir 5000, Tunisia
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- Natural History Museum Bern, Bernastr. 15, CH-3005 Bern, Switzerland.,Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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Reconstructed historical distribution and phylogeography unravels non-steppic origin of Caucasotachea vindobonensis (Gastropoda: Helicidae). ORG DIVERS EVOL 2018; 17:679-692. [PMID: 29805298 PMCID: PMC5965669 DOI: 10.1007/s13127-017-0337-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Existing data on the phylogeography of European taxa of steppic provenance suggests that species were widely distributed during glacial periods but underwent range contraction and fragmentation during interglacials into "warm-stage refugia." Among the steppe-related invertebrates that have been examined, the majority has been insects, but data on the phylogeography of snails is wholly missing. To begin to fill this gap, phylogeographic and niche modeling studies on the presumed steppic snail Caucasotachea vindobonensis were conducted. Surprisingly, reconstruction of ancestral areas suggests that extant C. vindobonensis probably originated in the Balkans and survived there during the Late Pleistocene glaciations, with a more recent colonization of the Carpatho-Pannonian and the Ponto-Caspian regions. In the Holocene, C. vindobonensis colonized between the Sudetes and the Carpathians to the north, where its recent and current distribution may have been facilitated by anthropogenic translocations. Together, these data suggest a possible non-steppic origin of C. vindobonensis. Further investigation may reveal the extent to which the steppic snail assemblages consist partly of Holocene newcomers.
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Molecular phylogeny of Candidula (Geomitridae) land snails inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markers reveals the polyphyly of the genus. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2017; 118:357-368. [PMID: 29107619 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2017] [Revised: 09/08/2017] [Accepted: 10/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The genus Candidula (Geomitridae), consisting of 28 species in Western Europe as currently described, has a disjunct distribution in the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, the Balkans, the Aegean Islands, and one species on the Canary Islands. Although the genus is seemingly well defined by characters of the reproductive system, the relationships within the genus are still unclear and some authors have indicated a possible subgeneric division based on the internal morphology of the dart sac. Despite substantial phylogenetic incongruence, we present a well-resolved molecular phylogeny of Candidula based on two mitochondrial genes (COI and 16S rRNA), the nuclear rDNA region (5.8S rNRA + ITS2 + 28S rRNA) and seven additional nuclear DNA regions developed specifically for this genus (60SL13, 60SL17, 60SL7, RPL14, 40SS6, 60SL9, 60SL13a), in total 5595 bp. Six reciprocally monophyletic entities including Candidula species were recovered, grouping into two major clades. The incorporation of additional geomitrid genera allowed us to unequivocally demonstrate the polyphyly of the genus Candidula. One major clade grouped species from southern France and Italy with the widely distributed species C. unifasciata. The second major clade grouped all the species from the Iberian Peninsula, including C. intersecta and C. gigaxii. Candidula ultima from the Canary Islands was recovered as separated lineage within the latter clade and related to African taxa. The six monophyla were defined as six new genera belonging to different tribes within the Helicellinae. Thus, we could show that similar structures of the stimulatory apparatus of the genital system in different taxa do not necessarily indicate a close phylogenetic relationship in the Geomitridae. More genera of the family are needed to clarify their evolutionary relationships, and to fully understand the evolution of the stimulatory apparatus of the genital system within the Geomitridae.
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Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the land snail family Hygromiidae (Gastropoda: Helicoidea). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2017; 111:169-184. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2016] [Revised: 03/28/2017] [Accepted: 04/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Phylogeographic analyses reveal Transpontic long distance dispersal in land snails belonging to the Caucasotachea atrolabiata complex (Gastropoda: Helicidae). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2016; 103:172-183. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2016] [Revised: 07/10/2016] [Accepted: 07/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Neiber MT, Hausdorf B. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the land snail genusMonacha(Gastropoda, Hygromiidae). ZOOL SCR 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Marco T. Neiber
- Zoological Museum; Center of Natural History; University of Hamburg; Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 20146 Hamburg Germany
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- Zoological Museum; Center of Natural History; University of Hamburg; Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 20146 Hamburg Germany
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Walther F, Neiber MT, Hausdorf B. Species complex or complex species? Integrative taxonomy of the land snail genus Rossmaessleria (Gastropoda, Helicidae) from Morocco and Gibraltar. SYST BIODIVERS 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2016.1150905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- Frank Walther
- Center of Natural History, Zoological Museum, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
- Faculty of Biology, University Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstraße 5, 45121 Essen, Germany
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- Center of Natural History, Zoological Museum, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center of Natural History, Zoological Museum, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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Neiber MT, Sagorny C, Hausdorf B. Increasing the number of molecular markers resolves the phylogenetic relationship of ‘Cepaea
’ vindobonensis
(Pfeiffer 1828) with Caucasotachea
Boettger 1909 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Helicidae). J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Marco T. Neiber
- Center for Natural History; Zoological Museum; University Hamburg; Hamburg Germany
| | - Christina Sagorny
- Center for Natural History; Zoological Museum; University Hamburg; Hamburg Germany
| | - Bernhard Hausdorf
- Center for Natural History; Zoological Museum; University Hamburg; Hamburg Germany
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