A phylogeny of Southern Hemisphere whelks (Gastropoda: Buccinulidae) and concordance with the fossil record
Abstract
Buccinulid whelks from the Southern Hemisphere (and NZ) are not monophyletic. Long distance dispersal seems common on an evolutionary time-scale for some Buccinidae snails. Genetically estimated divergence dates closely concord with the fossil record. The common ancestor of Penion and Kelletia probably originated from the Southern Hemisphere. Penion benthicolus is misclassified and belongs in Antarctoneptunea.
- Publication:
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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
- Pub Date:
- September 2017
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.06.018
- Bibcode:
- 2017MolPE.114..367V
- Keywords:
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- Buccinulum;
- Buccinidae;
- Kelletia;
- Marine snail;
- Penion;
- Systematics