Putting keyhole limpets on the map: phylogeny and biogeography of the globally distributed marine family Fissurellidae (Vetigastropoda, Mollusca)

Tauana Junqueira Cunha; Sarah Lemer; Philippe Bouchet; Yasunori Kano; Gonzalo Giribet

doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.02.008

Putting keyhole limpets on the map: phylogeny and biogeography of the globally distributed marine family Fissurellidae (Vetigastropoda, Mollusca)

Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2019 Jun:135:249-269. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.02.008. Epub 2019 Feb 16.

Authors

Tauana Junqueira Cunha¹, Sarah Lemer², Philippe Bouchet³, Yasunori Kano⁴, Gonzalo Giribet⁵

Affiliations

¹ Museum of Comparative Zoology and Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. Electronic address: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8493-2117.
² Museum of Comparative Zoology and Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. Electronic address: sarah.lemer@gmail.com.
³ Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB, UMR 7205, CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, 55 rue Buffon, CP31, F-75005 Paris, France. Electronic address: philippe.bouchet@mnhn.fr.
⁴ Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8564, Japan. Electronic address: kano@aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
⁵ Museum of Comparative Zoology and Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. Electronic address: ggiribet@g.harvard.edu.

PMID: 30780003
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.02.008

Abstract

Fissurellidae are marine gastropods with a worldwide distribution and a rich fossil record. We integrate molecular, geographical and fossil data to reconstruct the fissurellid phylogeny, estimate divergence times and investigate historical routes of oceanic dispersal. With five molecular markers for 143 terminals representing 27 genera, we resolve deep nodes and find that many genera (e.g., Emarginula, Diodora, Fissurella) are not monophyletic and need systematic revision. Several genera classified as Emarginulinae are recovered in Zeidorinae. Future work should prioritize emarginuline genera to improve understanding of ancestral traits and the early evolution of fissurellids. Tree calibration with the fossilized birth-death model indicates that crown fissurellids originated around 175 Ma, and generally resulted in younger ages for the earliest nodes than the node dating approach. Model-based biogeographic reconstruction, supported by fossils, infers an Indo-West Pacific origin, with a westward colonization of new oceans via the Tethys Seaway upon the breakup of Pangea. Western Atlantic clades then served as source for dispersal towards other parts of the globe. As the sister group to all other fissurellids, Rimula is ranked in its own subfamily, Rimulinae stat. nov. New synonyms: Hemitominae syn. nov. of Zeidorinae stat. nov.; Cranopsissyn. nov. of Puncturella; Variegemarginulasyn. nov. of Montfortula.

Keywords: BioGeoBEARS; Fossilized birth-death model (FBD); Keyhole and slit limpets; Marine biogeography; Shell foramen; Transoceanic dispersal.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Aquatic Organisms / classification*
Biodiversity
Fossils
Internationality*
Models, Biological
Mollusca / classification*
Phylogeny*
Phylogeography*