The first complete mitochondrial genome of Melongenidae from Hemifusus tuba (Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea)

Shengping Zhong; Lianghua Huang; Guoqiang Huang; Yonghong Liu; Weiling Xu

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1674746

The first complete mitochondrial genome of Melongenidae from Hemifusus tuba (Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Oct 9;4(2):3400-3401. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1674746.

Authors

Shengping Zhong^{1

2}, Lianghua Huang¹, Guoqiang Huang¹, Yonghong Liu¹, Weiling Xu³

Affiliations

¹ Institute of marine drugs, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi, China.
² Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Guangxi Institute of Oceanology, Beihai, Guangxi, China.
³ Institute of Economic Management, Beihai Vocational College, Beihai, Guangxi, China.

Abstract

Hemifusus tuba is an ecologically and economically important species of Buccinoidea, which comprises an ecologically diverse group of carnivorous marine gastropods. However, the taxonomic classification and phylogenetic studies have so far been limited. In this study, we report the first complete mitochondrial genome of Melongenidae from H. tuba. The mitogenome has 15,483 bp (68.2% A + T content) and made up of total of 37 genes (13 protein-coding, 22 transfer RNAs, and 2 ribosomal RNAs), and a control region. This study was the first to provide complete mitogenome of Melongenidae and will provide useful genetic information for future phylogenetic and taxonomic classification of Buccinoidea.

Keywords: Hemifusus tuba; Mitochondrial genome; Neogastropoda.