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About Citation title: "Phylogeny and reclassification of the Caucasigenini radiation from the Caucasus region (Gastropoda, Hygromiidae)".
About Study name: "Phylogeny and reclassification of the Caucasigenini radiation from the Caucasus region (Gastropoda, Hygromiidae)".
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Citation

Neiber M.T., Walther F., & Hausdorf B. 2017. Phylogeny and reclassification of the Caucasigenini radiation from the Caucasus region (Gastropoda, Hygromiidae). Zoologica Scripta, 47(1): 54-62.

Authors

  • Neiber M.T.
  • Walther F.
  • Hausdorf B.

Abstract

The Caucasigenini is an endemic radiation of hygromiid land snails from the Caucasus region. A phylogenetic analysis of morphological characters of the genitalia and the shell showed that the morphological characters are insufficient for resolving the relationships within the Caucasigenini. Convergences of the few parsimony informative characters in other groups of the Hygromiidae demonstrate that these characters are not reliable indicators of phylogenetic relationships. Phylogenetic analyses of sequences of cox1, 16S rDNA, 5.8S rDNA, ITS2 and 28S rDNA revealed several well-supported groups. The relationships between these groups could not be resolved. It is likely that these groups originated in a rapid radiation during the uplift of the Caucasus. Based on the molecular phylogeny, we propose a new classification of the species of the Caucasigenini and establish a new genus, Lazicana gen. n.

Keywords

Helicoidea, Hygromiidae, Caucasigenini, Caucasus, dart apparatus

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