Mitochondrial Genome Sequence of the Galápagos Endemic Land Snail Naesiotus nux

Samuel S Hunter; Matthew L Settles; Daniel D New; Christine E Parent; Alida T Gerritsen

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01362-15

Mitochondrial Genome Sequence of the Galápagos Endemic Land Snail Naesiotus nux

Genome Announc. 2016 Jan 21;4(1):e01362-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01362-15.

Authors

Samuel S Hunter¹, Matthew L Settles¹, Daniel D New¹, Christine E Parent², Alida T Gerritsen³

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies (IBEST), University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA.
² Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies (IBEST), University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA.
³ Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies (IBEST), University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA alida@uidaho.edu.

Abstract

We report herein the draft mitochondrial genome sequence of Naesiotus nux, a Galápagos endemic land snail species of the genus Naesiotus. The circular genome is 15 kb and encodes 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, and 21 tRNA genes.