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Fenker J, Melville J, Moritz C. Dragons in the tropics - Phylogeography and speciation in Diporiphora lizards and common geographic breaks in co-distributed taxa. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2024; 197:108090. [PMID: 38723791 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 05/04/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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Co-distributed taxa can respond both similarly or differently to the same climatic and geological events, resulting in a range of phylogeographic patterns across the region. Using a nested approach on a taxonomically diverse yet morphologically conservative group of agamid lizards, we first aimed to evaluate more precisely the extent of phylogeographic structuring within the genus. Then, focusing on four lineages within the more widespread species, we assessed the impact of biogeographic barriers on phylogeographic structuring and demographic history of species, comparing to patterns previously observed in co-distributed taxa. These species occur in the Australian Monsoonal Tropics, a vast tropical savanna system with high richness and endemism associated with environmental heterogeneity and past climate fluctuations. The employment of genomic data helped to determine the relationships between specific taxa that were previously difficult to place. We found a local influence of biogeographic and climatic breaks on population dynamics, analogous to other species. We detected high levels of population structure in the West Kimberley and Arnhem Plateau, which are already known for high endemism. However, we also highlighted unique lineages in areas that have been overlooked until recently, in the South Kimberley and West Top End. Climatic and geographical features in the Arnhem Plateau act as a soft barrier between populations in the east and west regions of the Top End. These observations reflect patterns observed for other vertebrates across this rich biome, indicating how climatic variation, species' ecology, and landscape features interact to shape regional diversity and endemism.
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- Jessica Fenker
- Division of Ecology & Evolution, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, 46 Sullivans Creek Road, Acton 2601, Canberra, ACT, Australia; Department of Sciences, Museums Victoria, Melbourne Museum, 11 Nicholson StreetCarlton 3053, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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- Department of Sciences, Museums Victoria, Melbourne Museum, 11 Nicholson StreetCarlton 3053, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Division of Ecology & Evolution, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, 46 Sullivans Creek Road, Acton 2601, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Hamilton ZR. Repeated evolution of an undescribed morphotype of Rhagada (Gastropoda : Camaenidae) from the inland Pilbara, Western Australia. INVERTEBR SYST 2021. [DOI: 10.1071/is20038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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An undescribed small, banded morphotype of Rhagada land snails occurs widely in the rocky inland Pilbara region, Western Australia. Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial COI and 16S rRNA genes revealed that this novel morphotype is polyphyletic, comprising four distinct major clades, with divergences up to 21.4% at COI. These clades are apparently morphologically cryptic, with no obvious shell differences. Two of these species are associated with the major clade of Rhagada in the Pilbara mainland, one of which appears to be a variant of the larger, more globose species R. pilbarana, which occurs within 20km proximity. The other two small, banded species are phylogenetically distinct from each other and all other known Rhagada. This small, banded morphotype shows evidence for both plesiomorphy and homoplasy. The morphotype has evolved independently at least twice, and is associated with the reasonably uniform habitat and harsh conditions in the elevated hinterland of the inland Pilbara. The broad distribution of the inland, small, banded morphotype conforms to the pattern of broad-scale uniformity of shells of the more coastal species of Rhagada. Its repeated evolution, however, confirms that the morphological uniformity is not simply because of common ancestry, supporting the theory that shell form in Rhagada is adapted to a broadly homogenous environment. Shell morphology in this genus has been demonstrated on more than one occasion to have the potential to adapt to different available environments, and hence shells should be used with a degree of caution for taxonomic interpretation.
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Páll-Gergely B, Otani JU, Hosoda T, Asami T, Harl J. A new species of Camaenidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) from Nusa Penida and Lombok Islands, Indonesia: novelty in a well-known fauna. MOLLUSCAN RESEARCH 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/13235818.2017.1344903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Department of Biology, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan
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Criscione F, Köhler F. Phylogenetic systematics of the land snail Basedowena from the Australian arid zone: taxonomic revision with description of new taxa (Stylommatophora : Camaenidae). INVERTEBR SYST 2016. [DOI: 10.1071/is16006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The land snail Basedowena Iredale, 1937 currently comprises eight species that inhabit mountain ranges in the central Australian arid zone. By studying the variation in shell and genital anatomy and the differentiation in the mitochondrial markers 16S and COI, we revise the taxonomy of this camaenid and describe new taxa. We demonstrate that the current morphology-based classification has been misled by homoplasy mainly in shell shape. In fact, Basedowena as herein revised contains species with vastly different shells, which have so far been assigned to different genera. By contrast, these species have the same general genital anatomy in common and form a clade in the mitochondrial phylogeny. Based on these findings, we transfer Pleuroxia bethana, P. hinsbyi, P. elfina, P. oligopleura, P. polypleura, P. radiata, Montanomelon angatjana and Minimelon colmani to Basedowena. While Pleuroxia and Montanomelon are maintained as distinct genera, although with fewer species, the monotypic Minimelon becomes a junior synonym of Basedowena. We identify and describe three new Basedowena species (B. bicolor, sp. nov., B. holoserica, sp. nov., B. siparium, sp. nov.). A fourth new species differs substantially from all other arid zone camaenids and is hence placed in a new genus, Xeromelon, gen. nov. The revised delineation of Basedowena renders it now the most widespread camaenid genus in Australia. It is distributed throughout the Australian arid zone from Western Australia, via the Northern Territory and South Australia into New South Wales.
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Köhler F, Burghardt I. Cryptic diversity in a widespread land snail: revision of the genus Xanthomelon
Martens, 1860 from the Australian Monsoon Tropics (Pulmonata, Camaenidae). ZOOL SCR 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Frank Köhler
- Australian Museum; 1 William St Sydney NSW 2010 Australia
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- Australian Museum; 1 William St Sydney NSW 2010 Australia
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Criscione F, Köhler F. Snails in the desert: Assessing the mitochondrial and morphological diversity and the influence of aestivation behavior on lineage differentiation in the Australian endemic Granulomelon Iredale, 1933 (Stylommatophora: Camaenidae). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2015; 94:101-12. [PMID: 26335041 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.08.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2015] [Revised: 07/27/2015] [Accepted: 08/21/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Progressive aridification since the mid-Miocene has had a significant influence on the evolution of the biota in the arid zone of central Australia. Especially moisture sensitive groups, such as snails, are often restricted to topographically complex areas, which have acted as refugia in an otherwise inhospitable environment. This historical fragmentation is deemed to be a potent agent of allopatric lineage diversification. Camaenid land snails are amongst only a few terrestrial gastropods that have managed to survive in the arid zone probably due to their ability to escape desiccation through aestivation. Here, we present the first study of the mitochondrial lineage differentiation in an endemic land snail genus from the Australian 'Red Centre', Granulomelon Iredale, 1933. Exposing significant incongruence between mtDNA phylogeny and morphology-based taxonomy, we completely revise the species and genus level taxonomy of this camaenid group. We demonstrate that this genus contains three species, G. grandituberculatum, G. adcockianum and G. squamulosum, which have so far been assigned to different genera: Granulomelon Iredale, 1933 (junior synonym: Baccalena Iredale, 1937), Basedowena Iredale, 1937 and Pleuroxia Ancey, 1887. Two of these species are widespread comprising multiple divergent mitochondrial lineages. Based on a molecular clock estimate, these lineages diverged approximately during the mid-Pleistocene, a period of particularly severe aridification. The phylogeographic patterns are consistent with an isolation-by-distance model in one species but not the other. We suggest that these differences can be attributed to their distinctive aestivation behavior.
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- Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
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Criscione F, Köhler F. On the land snailDamochloraIredale, 1938 and its cryptic siblingNannochloran. gen. (Stylommatophora: Camaenidae), each endemic to an island in the Western Australian Kimberley. MOLLUSCAN RESEARCH 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/13235818.2015.1053172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Taylor JPA, Johnson MS, Stankowski S. Molecular phylogenetics and complementary geographical distributions of species of the Western Australian land snail genera Plectorhagada Iredale, 1933 and Strepsitaurus Solem, 1997 (Gastropoda: Camaenidae). Zool J Linn Soc 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- James P. A. Taylor
- School of Animal Biology (M092); University of Western Australia; Crawley WA 6009 Australia
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- School of Animal Biology (M092); University of Western Australia; Crawley WA 6009 Australia
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- School of Animal Biology (M092); University of Western Australia; Crawley WA 6009 Australia
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Hamilton ZR, Johnson MS. Hybridization between genetically and morphologically divergent forms ofRhagada(Gastropoda: Camaenidae) snails at a zone of secondary contact. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/bij.12410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Zoë R. Hamilton
- School of Animal Biology (M092); University of Western Australia; Crawley WA 6009 Australia
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- School of Animal Biology (M092); University of Western Australia; Crawley WA 6009 Australia
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A molecular phylogeny of camaenid land snails from north-western Australia unravels widespread homoplasy in morphological characters (Gastropoda, Helicoidea). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2014; 83:44-55. [PMID: 25463754 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2014] [Revised: 11/07/2014] [Accepted: 11/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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North-western Australia harbours more than 300 species of camaenid land snail in 41 genera exhibiting considerable and well documented morphological diversity. We performed Bayesian and Maximum Likelihood analyses of concatenated nuclear (28S) and mitochondrial (COI, 16S) DNA sequences from 140 species of 37 of these genera plus an additional 27 extralimital species in order to resolve their phylogenetic relationships and to address the significance of morphological characters for the delineation of monophyletic taxa. While north-western Australian Camaenidae in their entirety are not monophyletic with respect to extralimital groups, they underwent extensive in situ-diversification in several independent phylogenetic radiations. A Maximum Likelihood-based character history reconstruction revealed extensive convergence in all studied shell characters and in three out of four genital features across this group. However, in some genera close morphological similarity is best explained by the retention of ancestral characters. We hypothesize that both morphological stasis in some groups and convergent character evolution in others can to a large extent be attributed to adaptive transformations in response to historically increasing aridity throughout north-western Australia in concert with structural constraints.
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Criscione F, Köhler F. Setocallosa—a new genus and species of land snail from Arnhem Land, Australia (Stylommatophora: Camaenidae). MOLLUSCAN RESEARCH 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/13235818.2014.911804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Burghardt I, Köhler F. Rhagadarevisited: on the taxonomy of species from the Kimberley and Dampierland, Western Australia (Pulmonata, Camaenidae). MOLLUSCAN RESEARCH 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/13235818.2014.940637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Criscione F, Köhler F. Molecular phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the genera Baudinella
Thiele, 1931, Retroterra
Solem, 1985 and Molema
Köhler, 2011 endemic to the coastal Kimberley, Western Australia (Gastropoda, Camaenidae). J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Criscione F, Köhler F. CardiotrachiaandRachita –two new land snail genera from the East Kimberley, Western Australia (Eupulmonata: Camaenidae). SYST BIODIVERS 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2013.877998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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O'Neill C, Johnson MS, Hamilton ZR, Teale RJ. Molecular phylogenetics of the land snail genus Quistrachia (Gastropoda : Camaenidae) in northern Western Australia. INVERTEBR SYST 2014. [DOI: 10.1071/is13045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Recent collecting in the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia has revealed substantial increases in the apparent distributions of species of the genus Quistrachia, and the discovery of new forms, raising questions about the morphological taxonomy. To resolve these questions, we examined mtDNA sequences in all known species of Quistrachia, the unidentified new forms and other members of the subfamily Sinumeloninae. Phylogenetic analysis confirmed the monophyly of Quistrachia, including one of the new forms. The two other new forms represent new genera within the Sinumeloninae. Monophyly of each species was confirmed, with the exception of Q. legendrei, in which populations from the Dampier Archipelago and those from the adjacent Burrup Peninsula are in separate clades. Based on phylogeny and levels of divergence within other species in the genus, the Burrup populations appear to be conspecific with Q. turneri. This is supported by anatomical comparisons, but not by shell morphology, which may well reflect the evolutionary plasticity of shell form. Given the patchiness of searches for land snails in the largely inaccessible Pilbara region, additional species almost certainly remain to be discovered. Our study shows the value of including molecular analyses in determining the taxonomic status of new forms.
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Criscione F, Köhler F. More on snails and islands: molecular systematics and taxonomic revision of Setobaudinia Iredale (Gastropoda : Camaenidae) from the Kimberley, Western Australia, with description of new taxa. INVERTEBR SYST 2013. [DOI: 10.1071/is13027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Setobaudinia Iredale, 1933 is a genus of camaenid land snails endemic to the Western Australian Kimberley. It comprises 20 currently recognised species, most of which occur within the north-western high precipitation zone between the Admiralty Gulf and Collier Bay and within less than 60 km distance from the coast. Exceptionally, two species are found on isolated limestone outcrops in the drier interior of the Victoria River District, Northern Territory. By studying the differentiation in shell and genital anatomy as well as in the mitochondrial markers 16S and COI, we revise the taxonomy of Setobaudinia and describe new taxa. The Northern Territory species S. victoriana Solem, 1985 is identified as a member of the genus Trachiopsis, which otherwise comprises species from the York Peninsula, Queensland. The species Damochlora spina Solem, 1985 is shown to be a member of the genus Setobaudinia. A new species from the eastern Kimberley has been identified as the sister group of Setobaudinia. It is placed in the new genus Kymatobaudinia for exhibiting morphological characteristics that differ from those of all other Setobaudinia species. In addition, we describe nine new species from coastal areas and islands off the cost throughout the south-west to north-west Kimberley: S. angustilabiata, sp. nov.; S. colmani, sp. nov.; S. incisa, sp. nov.; S. kessneri, sp. nov.; S. latilabiata, sp. nov.; S. longiflagellata, sp. nov.; S. malbyana, sp. nov.; S. minima, sp. nov.; S. plana, sp. nov.
ZooBank Publication code: http://zoobank.org/References/3C953F1A-62E5-4CE5-9D5E-D8D5774B4059
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