The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea)
Abstract
A five-genes molecular phylogeny of the mud whelks is proposed based on 218 species. The boundaries of Nassariidae now include taxa previously classified in Buccinidae. The Indo-Pacific, eastern and western Atlantic species represent different clades. Shells are a good proxy for inferring species limits, but not genera. The origin of nassariids was dated in the Lower Cretaceous.
- Publication:
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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
- Pub Date:
- June 2016
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.03.019
- Bibcode:
- 2016MolPE..99..337G
- Keywords:
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- Mud whelk;
- Concatenated analysis;
- Ancestral character reconstruction;
- Diversification event;
- Biogeography;
- Taxonomy