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- Title
Vicariant versus dispersal processes in the settlement of Pseudamnicola ( Caenogastropoda, Hydrobiidae) in the Mediterranean Balearic Islands.
- Authors
Delicado, Diana; Machordom, Annie; Ramos, Marian A.
- Abstract
The genus Pseudamnicola comprises a group of tiny springsnails inhabiting several continental and insular regions of the Mediterranean basin. Given the limited dispersal capabilities of these animals, it is difficult to explain the wide distribution range of the genus and, more specifically, its presence in isolated habitats, such as on islands. Thus, to investigate the process(es) that may explain these distribution patterns, we morphologically re-described and genetically analysed the six Pseudamnicola ( Pseudamnicola) species occurring in the Iberian Peninsula and the nearby Balearic Islands. Genetic relationships were explored by sequencing two mitochondrial ( cytochrome c oxidase subunit I and 16S rRNA) and one nuclear ( 28S rRNA) gene in 19 populations. Our morphological study confirmed the presence of previously described species, whereas our phylogenetic results revealed three lineages within the subgenus: one clade grouping the species from Minorca Island with an Iberian Peninsula species, a second clade grouping the three species from Majorca Island, and a third clade that consists of a single species, which occurs in both the Iberian Peninsula and Ibiza Island. Calculated speciation times show that the cladogenetic events involving the insular species seem to have occurred after the current conformation of the Balearic Islands ( c. 20 Mya). Therefore, the speciation process may have been related to subsequent transmarine colonizations, probably during the Messinian Salinity Crisis, and the Pleistocene glaciations when landmass corridors connected the islands with the continent. © 2014 The Linnean Society of London
- Subjects
BALEARIC Islands (Spain); HYDROBIIDAE; VICARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL evolution; MIOCENE Epoch
- Publication
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2014, Vol 171, Issue 1, p38
- ISSN
0024-4082
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/zoj.12124