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Journal Molluscan Studies Advance Access originally published online on June 24, 2008
Journal of Molluscan Studies 2008 74(3):215-221; doi:10.1093/mollus/eyn005
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Malacological Society of London, all rights reserved

A molecular phylogeny of the Rapaninae and Ergalataxinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae)

Martine Claremont1,2, David G. Reid1 and Suzanne T. Williams1

1Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK; and 2Division of Biology, Imperial College, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot SL5 7PY, UK

Correspondence: M. Claremont; e-mail: m.claremont{at}nhm.ac.uk


  Abstract

The previous phylogenetic hypotheses for Rapaninae, a large and taxonomically perplexing subfamily of the Muricidae, have been based on morphological characters. These studies concluded that the subfamily is distinct from the Ocenebrinae and that some ‘ergalataxine’ muricids are contained within the Rapaninae. We tested these hypotheses using DNA sequence data (one mitochondrial and one nuclear gene) from 35 species across the Muricidae. The monophyly of the Rapaninae and Ergalataxinae is supported, but relationships among these and other muricid subfamilies are not resolved. We discuss phylogeny of the sampled genera within the Rapaninae and Ergalataxinae, and show that Thais (Rapaninae) and Morula (Ergalataxinae) are polyphyletic.

(Received 19 December 2007; accepted 14 February 2008)


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