Journal article

Publication year: 2019

Pages: 3229-3231

Journal: Mitochondrial DNA Part B

Volume number: 4

Issue number: 2

Open access status: Gold

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2019.1669081

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group

Abstract: 
Here, we present the first near-complete mitogenome of a member of the freshwater gastropod family Paludomidae, Pseudocleopatra dartevellei. This Congo River species is of particular importance because the sister to the Lake Tanganyika radiation is supposed to be a paludomid riverine species. We used ancient DNA (aDNA) techniques including single-stranded DNA library preparation in order to assemble the mitogenome from historical museum material collected in 1937. The mitogenome was 15,368 bp long and showed typical characteristics as identified in other freshwater gastropods. The present phylogeny shows a closer relationship between Pseudocleoptra dartevellei and another non-Tanganyikan species, Cleopatra johnstoni.

Harvard Citation style: Stelbrink, B., Kehlmaier, C., Wilke, T. and Albrecht, C. (2019) The near-complete mitogenome of the critically endangered Pseudocleopatra dartevellei (Caenogastropoda: Paludomidae) from the Congo River assembled from historical museum material, Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, 4(2), pp. 3229-3231. https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2019.1669081

APA Citation style: Stelbrink, B., Kehlmaier, C., Wilke, T., & Albrecht, C. (2019). The near-complete mitogenome of the critically endangered Pseudocleopatra dartevellei (Caenogastropoda: Paludomidae) from the Congo River assembled from historical museum material. Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. 4(2), 3229-3231. https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2019.1669081