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JOURNAL OF MOLLUSCAN STUDIES
Volume 73, Issue -, Pages 223-228Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eym012
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Specimens of four sympatric intertidal limpet species (Siphonaria dayi, S. tenuicostulata, S. anneae and S. nigerrima) were collected from four localities on the east coast of South Africa and southern Mozambique. Their phylogenetic relationships were investigated using sequences of the mitochondrial COI gene and the intron-containing nuclear ATPS beta gene. Two closely related lineages were recovered, which grouped specimens on the basis of geography rather than morphology. One lineage was associated with the subtropical coastline of South Africa's east coast and the other with the tropical coastline of northeastern South Africa and southern Mozambique. This genetic discontinuity coincides with a biogeographic boundary located in the vicinity of Cape St Lucia. Combined genetic diversity of the four species was lower than that of three other southern African congeners, and fell within the range determined for single southern African marine mollusc species. We suggest that the four limpet species are in fact different morphotypes of a single species.
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