Phylogenetic Position of the Japanese Land Slug Genus Granulilimax Minato, 1989 Based on Preliminary Analyses of Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genes

Kazuki Kimura; Isao Sano; Yuichi Kameda; Takumi Saito; Satoshi Chiba

doi:10.4003/006.037.0202

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23 January 2020 Phylogenetic Position of the Japanese Land Slug Genus Granulilimax Minato, 1989 Based on Preliminary Analyses of Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genes

Kazuki Kimura, Isao Sano, Yuichi Kameda, Takumi Saito, Satoshi Chiba

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American Malacological Bulletin, 37(2):53-61 (2020). https://doi.org/10.4003/006.037.0202

Abstract

Granulilimax fuscicornisMinato, 1989 is an endemic land slug of Japan. This slug was described as a member of the stylommatophoran family Philomycidae Gray, 1847, and subsequently transferred into the systellommatophoran family Rathouisiidae Heude, 1885. It is still unclear whether the taxonomic revision to Rathouisiidae is supported by genetic data. In this study, we investigated the phylogenetic position of the genus Granulilimax using G. fuscicornis and an undescribed species Granulilimax sp. Although the phylogenetic relationships between G. fuscicornis and rathouisiid slugs remain to be solved, our preliminary molecular analysis using mitochondrial COI and nuclear 18S genes strengthen the idea that the Japanese Granulilimax slugs belong to Systellommatophora.

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Kazuki Kimura, Isao Sano, Yuichi Kameda, Takumi Saito, and Satoshi Chiba "Phylogenetic Position of the Japanese Land Slug Genus Granulilimax Minato, 1989 Based on Preliminary Analyses of Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genes," American Malacological Bulletin 37(2), 53-61, (23 January 2020). https://doi.org/10.4003/006.037.0202

Received: 9 October 2019; Accepted: 10 November 2019; Published: 23 January 2020

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