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A phylogeny of Southern Hemisphere whelks (Gastropoda: Buccinulidae) and concordance with the fossil record.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Sept 2017
Vaux Felix, Hills Simon F K, Marshall Bruce A, Trewick Steven A, Morgan-Richards Mary
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Under current marine snail taxonomy, the majority of whelks from the Southern Hemisphere (Buccinulidae) are hypothesised to represent a monophyletic clade that has evolved independently from Northern Hemisphere taxa (Buccinidae). Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial genomic and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequence data indicates that Southern Hemisphere taxa are not monophyletic, and results suggest that dispersal...
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