Journal article

Publication year: 2000

Pages: 827-833

Journal: Marine Biology

Volume number: 137

Issue number: 5-6

ISSN: 0025-3162

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002270000407

Publisher: Springer

Abstract: 
The mudsnail taxon Hydrobia s.l. plays a major role in numerous ecological and parasitological studies. Yet, its taxonomy is confusing and its biogeography is poorly understood. A principal problem is that taxa of Hydrobia s.l. belong to morphostatic radiations - widely allopatric species radiations with little or no habitat diversification and a low level of anatomical change. So far, three morphostatic radiations can be identified within Hydrobia s.l.: Hydrobia s.s., Peringia, and Ventrosia. These radiations are identical with the putative genera of Hydrobia s.l. The purpose of the paper is to infer phylogenetic relationships within one of these radiations, Hydrobia s.s. in the northern Atlantic and western Mediterranean. A total of 22 populations, including topotypical populations of five commonly used taxa, were studied genetically using partial sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene. Based on molecular data and the species concept we define, the following species and subspecies were identified: Hydrobia acuta acuta (Draparnaud, 1805) [= H. minoricensis (Paladilhe, 1875)], H. acuta neglecta Muus, 1963, and H. glyca (Servain, 1880) (= H, joossei van Aartsen, Menkhorst and Gittenberger, 1984). One population from Djerba, Tunisia (Hydrobia sp. A) and one population from Mallorca, Spain (Hydrobia sp. B) are genetically distinct from all other taxa studied here. Both populations potentially represent new species. Due to the fact that only one population each has been studied, and so the degree of variation within these two taxa cannot be assessed, a final decision regarding their species level cannot yet be made.

Harvard Citation style: Wilke, T., Rolan, E. and Davis, G. (2000) The mudsnail genus Hydrobia s.s. in the northern Atlantic and western Mediterranean: a phylogenetic hypothesis, Marine Biology, 137(5-6), pp. 827-833. https://doi.org/10.1007/s002270000407

APA Citation style: Wilke, T., Rolan, E., & Davis, G. (2000). The mudsnail genus Hydrobia s.s. in the northern Atlantic and western Mediterranean: a phylogenetic hypothesis. Marine Biology. 137(5-6), 827-833. https://doi.org/10.1007/s002270000407