title: New insight into the phylogeny of Sinonovacula (Bivalvia: Solecurtidae) revealed by comprehensive DNA barcoding analyses of two mitochondrial genes.
abstract: The present study was undertaken to clarify the genetic relationships of Sinonovacula through comprehensive DNA barcoding analyses of COI and 16S rRNA genes. For both genes, the K2P distances between individuals of Sinonovacula and individuals of other genera belonging to Tellinoidea were much bigger than those between Sinonovacula and genera of Solenoidea. On the Bayesian tree of combined data, Sinonovacula and Cultellus formed a well supports monophylic clade. An extremely high matching rate of CAs between Sinonovacula and the reference family Cultellidae was found. Thus, we suggest transferring Sinonovacula from Solecurtidae to Cultellidae, as a sister group of Cultellus.
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Mariculture , Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China , Qingdao , China.
authors.forename: Zhenzhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Mariculture , Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China , Qingdao , China.
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Mariculture , Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China , Qingdao , China.
authors.forename: Lingfeng
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049872:Bivalvia / Q000235:genetics*; D058893:DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000737:chemistry*; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D014644:Genetic Variation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial
keywords: 16S rRNA; COI; DNA barcoding; Sinonovacula; phylogeny