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SUBMITTER: Lee Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6282416 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lee Yucheol Y Choe Youngjae Y Kern Elizabeth M A EMA Shin Yeongheon Y Kim Taeho T Park Joong-Ki JK
Animal cells and systems 20181114 6
<i>Littorina</i> Férussac, 1822 is an abundant genus of small gastropods found in the upper littoral zone of rocky seashores worldwide. Although ecologically important, shell-based species identification in this genus is challenging due to phenotypic variation in shell morphology and lack of diagnostic characters among morphologically similar species. In this study, we revised the taxonomy of Korean <i>Littorina</i> species using morphological characters (shell and radula) and <i>cox1</i> mitoch ...[more]