Journal
EUROPEAN ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL
Volume 89, Issue 1, Pages 966-990Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2022.2100932
Keywords
Genital anatomy; molecular features; shell; species delimitation; synonymy
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- Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan (Poland) [526000/REZ_PROJEKT]
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Populations of Monacha atacis from southern Occitania in France and of M. samsunensis from northern Anatolia in Turkey were investigated. The study found a complex pattern of variation within and between geographically separated populations based on morphological features, while molecular analysis confirmed that the two species are conspecific.
Populations of Monacha atacis from southern Occitania in France and of M. samsunensis from northern Anatolia in Turkey (Atakum/Samsun and Kastamonu) were investigated by an integrative approach based on morphological (shell and genitalia) and molecular (mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences) features. Morphological examination revealed a complex pattern of variation within and between geographically separated populations, while molecular analysis showed strong similarity between the two species, confirming earlier suggestions that the species are conspecific. Pfeiffer's name Helix samsunensis introduced in 1868 has priority over the name M. atacis given by Gittenberger & de Winter in 1985.
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