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Invertebrate Systematics

Invertebrate Systematics

Volume 37 Number 9 2023

IS23015Towards a systematic revision of the superfamily Cyrenoidea (Bivalvia: Imparidentia): species delimitation, multi-locus phylogeny and mitochondrial phylogenomics

Ruiwen Wu 0000-0002-8936-6054, Lili Liu 0009-0009-1164-7735, Xiongjun Liu, Yingying Ye, Xiaoping Wu, Zhicai Xie, Zhenyuan Liu and Zhengfei Li 0000-0003-3281-6015
pp. 607-622

Cladogram of superfamilies of bivalves Cyrenoidea, Veneroidea, Arcticoidea, Sphaerioidea and Solenoidea showing the relative positions of families and species

Cyrenoidea Gray, 1840 is a superfamily of bivalves (Bivalvia: Imparidentia). Owing to inadequate sampling, a comprehensive phylogenetic relationship remains elusive. Moreover, taxonomy and delimitation for most species have not yet been examined by molecular analyses. Here, we provide a comprehensive phylogeny of Cyrenoidea and revise the taxonomic positions of the three genera Geloina, Cyanocyclas and Polymesoda. COI barcoding clarifies the validity of Geloina coaxans and Geloina erosa, and supports the existence of multiple cryptic species within the Geloina expansa complex. We also obtain a novel mitochondrial gene arrangement in Venerida from Glauconome virens.

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The globally distributed pseudoscorpion family Garypinidae is included with the family Larcidae in a unique superfamily, Garypinoidea but there are no phylogenetic hypotheses for the group. Sequence data were obtained for 14 species in 8 genera, and numerous outgroup taxa that allowed for a preliminary molecular phylogeny. A new subfamily classification is proposed within Garypininae and includes two new subfamilies, Protogarypininae and Amblyolpiinae.

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