Phylogeny of the genus Turris: correlating molecular data with radular anatomy and shell morphology.

ABSTRACT: There are over 10,000 species of venomous marine molluscs, the vast majority of these, which are generally referred to as "turrids", are traditionally assigned to a single family, Turridae (Powell 1966). Here, we provide an initial molecular analysis of the type genus of the family, Turris Röding, 1798, thought to be among the most well characterized groups in the family. We show that the type genus is not monophyletic. We analyzed specimens conventionally assigned to 9 different Turris species using molecular markers, combined with the shell morphology and radular anatomy whenever feasible. The results suggest that species assigned to the genus Turris, provisionally assigned to two different subgenera are not monophyletic. Five previously described species belong to the subgenus Turris (s

SUBMITTER: Fedosov A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4201627 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature