Marrying molecules and morphology: first steps towards a re-evaluation of solariellid (Gastropoda, Trochoidea) genera in the light of molecular phylogenetic studies
Marrying molecules and morphology: first steps towards a re-evaluation of solariellid (Gastropoda, Trochoidea) genera in the light of molecular phylogenetic studies
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将分子和形态结合起来:根据分子系统发育研究重新评估太阳属(腹足纲、Trochoidea)属的第一步
DOI:
10.1093/mollus/eyz038
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发表时间:
2020
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1.2
通讯作者:
A. Waren & D.G. Herbert
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作者:
Williams;S.T.;Y. Kano;A. Waren & D.G. Herbert
The assignment of species to the vetigastropod genusSolariellaWood, 1842, and therefore the family Solariellidae Powell, 1951, is complicated by the fact that the type species (Solariella maculataWood, 1842) is a fossil described from the Upper Pliocene. Assignment of species to genera has proved difficult in the past, and the type genus has sometimes acted as a ‘wastebasket’ for species that cannot easily be referred to another genus. In the light of a new systematic framework provided by two recent publications presenting the first molecular phylogenetic data for the group, we reassess the shell characters that are most useful for delimiting genera. Shell characters were previously thought to be of limited taxonomic value above the species level, but this is far from the case. Although overall shell shape is not a reliable character, our work shows that shell characters, along with radular and anatomical characters, are useful for assigning species to genera. Sculpture of the early teleoconch (the region immediately following the protoconch) and the columella are particularly useful characters that have not been used regularly in the past to distinguish genera. However, even with the combination of all morphological characters used in this study (shell, radular and eye), a few species are still difficult to assign to genera and in such cases molecular systematic data are essential. In the present study, we discuss 13 genera—12 of which were recovered as well-supported clades in recent molecular systematic studies—and provide morphological characters to distinguish them. We describe several new taxa:Chonospeiran. gen. (referred to as ‘clade B’ in previous molecular systematic studies),Phragmomphalinan. gen. (Bathymophilain part in molecular systematic studies) andPhragmomphalina vilvensin. sp. (type species ofPhragmomphalinan. gen.). We synonymizeHazuregyraShikama, 1962 withMinoliaA. Adams, 1860,Minolia subangulataKuroda & Habe, 1952 withMinolia punctataA. Adams, 1860 andM. gemmulataKuroda & Habe, 1971 withM.shimajiriensis(MacNeil, 1960). We also present the following new combinations:Bathymophila bairdii(Dall, 1889),B. dawsoni(Marshall, 1979),B. regalis(Marshall, 1999),B. wanganellica(Marshall, 1999),B. ziczac(Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971),Chonospeira nuda(Dall, 1896),C. iridescens(Habe, 1961),C. ostreion(Vilvens, 2009),C. strobilos(Vilvens, 2009),Elaphriella corona(Lee & Wu, 2001),E. diplax(Marshall, 1999),E. meridiana(Marshall, 1999),E. olivaceostrigata(Schepman, 1908),E. opalina(Shikama & Hayashi, 1977),Ilanga norfolkensis(Marshall, 1999),I. ptykte(Vilvens, 2009),I. zaccaloides(Vilvens, 2009),Minolia shimajiriensis(MacNeil, 1960),M. watanabei(Shikama, 1962),Phragmomphalina alabida(Marshall, 1979), P. diadema(Marshall, 1999),P. tenuiseptum(Marshall, 1999),Spectamen euteium(Vilvens, 2009),S. basilicum(Marshall, 1999),S. exiguum(Marshall, 1999) andS. flavidum(Marshall, 1999).