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Citation for Study 1379

About Citation title: "Towards a monophyletic genus Albinaria: the first molecular study into the phylogenetic position of eastern Albinaria species".
About This study was previously identified under the legacy study ID S1309 (Status: Published).

Citation

Uit de weerd D., & Gittenberger E. 2005. Towards a monophyletic genus Albinaria: the first molecular study into the phylogenetic position of eastern Albinaria species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 143: 531-542.

Authors

  • Uit de weerd D.
  • Gittenberger E.

Abstract

Recent molecular phylogenetic studies of the terrestrial snail genus Albinaria have caused a radical reassessment of its taxonomy. These studies, however, were limited to western Mediterranean species. This study examines mitochondrial 12S sequences and nuclear ITS1&2 sequences of both eastern and western species, and demonstrates that Albinaria, in its most recent definition, is not monophyletic. Both molecular datasets place 'Albinaria' hedenborgi from Lebanon in a well-supported clade with species of the genus Cristataria, distributed southeast of the vicariant range of Albinaria. The remaining species from Cyprus, Turkey and Greece, constitute a well-supported monophyletic group. These two clades form geographic clusters, whereas Albinaria in the current definition - including 'A.' hedenborgi- has a disjunct distribution. 'Albinaria' hedenborgi should therefore be classified with Cristataria, together with the morphologically similar and geographically close 'A.' nadimi.

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