title: Mitochondrial genome of the endangered marine gastropod Strombus gigas Linnaeus, 1758 (Mollusca: Gastropoda).
abstract: The queen conch Strombus gigas is an endangered marine gastropod of significant economic importance across the Greater Caribbean region. This work reports for the first time the complete mitochondrial genome of S. gigas, obtained by FLX 454 pyrosequencing. The mtDNA genome encodes for 13 proteins, 22 tRNAs and 2 ribosomal RNAs. In addition, the coding sequences and gene synteny were similar to other previously reported mitogenomes of gastropods.
authors.affiliation: a Facultad de Ciencias , Universidad Nacional de Colombia , Medellín , Colombia .
authors.forename: Edna J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Márquez
authors.affiliation: b Secretaría de Pesca del Archipiélago de San Andrés , Providencia y Santa Catalina , Isla de San Andrés , and.
authors.forename: Erick R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.affiliation: c Centro Nacional de Secuenciación Genómica-CNSG, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia , Medellín , Colombia.
authors.forename: Juan F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Alzate
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000737:chemistry*; D056727:Endangered Species; D049851:Gastropoda / Q000235:genetics*; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial
keywords: Mitogenome; next generation sequencing; pink snail; queen conch