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Molecular phylogeny and evolution of Pulmonata (Mollusca: Gastropoda) on the basis of mitochondrial (16S, COI) and nuclear markers (18S, 28S): an overview

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The phylogenetic relationships among the major groups of Pulmonata were studied by the information derived from a concatenated dataset consisting of mitochondrial (16S and COI) and nuclear (18S and 28S) markers. Heterobranchia are recovered as monophyletic. Euthyneura as paraphyletic due to the emergence of taxa from Opisthobranchia and lower Heterobranchia. The major groups of Pulmonata, namely Stylommatophora, Veronicellidae, Onchidiidae, Otinoidea, Siphonarioidea and Hygrophila are recovered as monophyletic. Monophyly of Basommatophora was not confirmed due to the variable position of Siphonarioidea and Amphiboloidea. Evolutionary divergence times for different taxa were also estimated using a relaxed molecular clock method in Bayesian evolutionary analysis by sampling trees (BEAST). The common ancestor of Heterobranchia and Caenogastropoda was originated in the Silurian period and the common ancestors of Euthyneura and Pulmonata were originated in the Carboniferous and lower Triassic periods, respectively.

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This work was funded by Science, Engineering and Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (sanction order: SB/SO/AS-138/2012 dated 30-11-2013; sanctioned to Prof. S. Krupanidhi) and also supported by Prof. A. V. L. N. H. Paidi Raju and Mrs. A. Ganga Bhavani (parents of VSA). We acknowledge Drs Tulika Biswas and Amit K. Mukhopadhyay from Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata for identifying the gastropod taxa. Thanks are due to an anonymous reviewer for valuable comments on the earlier versions of our manuscript.

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Ayyagari, V.S., Sreerama, K. Molecular phylogeny and evolution of Pulmonata (Mollusca: Gastropoda) on the basis of mitochondrial (16S, COI) and nuclear markers (18S, 28S): an overview. J Genet 99, 17 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-020-1177-z

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