The nearly complete mitochondrial genome of the door snail Euphaedusa aculus (Stylommatophora: Clausiliidae) and phylogenetic analysis

Qi-Chao Liang; Ke-Xin Tao; Dong-Dong Qiao; Pei Wang; Hao-Fei Yin; Qian-Qian Yang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2024.2427105

The nearly complete mitochondrial genome of the door snail Euphaedusa aculus (Stylommatophora: Clausiliidae) and phylogenetic analysis

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2024 Nov 20;9(11):1581-1585. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2024.2427105. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Qi-Chao Liang¹, Ke-Xin Tao¹, Dong-Dong Qiao², Pei Wang³, Hao-Fei Yin¹, Qian-Qian Yang¹

Affiliations

¹ Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biometrology and Inspection & Quarantine, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China.
² National Wetland Museum of China, Hangzhou, China.
³ Key Laboratory of Molluscan Quarantine and Identification of GACC, Fujian, China.

Abstract

The family Clausiliidae was proposed as a model for studying the diversity of breeding biology in land snails. This study assembled a nearly complete mitogenome (15,417 bp) for the clausiliid snail Euphaedusa aculus. The mitogenome includes 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), two ribosomal RNAs, and 22 transfer RNAs, with a gene order consistent with other clausiliids. Most PCGs use ATN start codons and complete stop codons, except for atp6, nad4, and nad5, which start with TTG, and atp6, cox3, and nad3, which have incomplete stop codons. Phylogenetic analyses revealed that E. aculus is closely related to E. planostriata. This mitogenome provides a valuable molecular resource for future evolutionary research on land snails.

Keywords: Clausiliidae; Mitogenome; door snail; phylogenetic relationships.

Grants and funding

This research was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China [No. 32171668]; the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [No. LZ24C140006]; the Project of Fujian Province Science and Technology Plan [NO. 2024I0033].