HORSÁKOVÁ, Veronika, Jeffrey Clark NEKOLA and Michal HORSÁK. Integrative taxonomic consideration of the Holarctic Euconulus fulvus group of land snails (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). Systematics and Biodiversity. Taylor & Francis, 2020, vol. 18, No 2, p. 142-160. ISSN 1477-2000. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2020.1725172.
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Original name Integrative taxonomic consideration of the Holarctic Euconulus fulvus group of land snails (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)
Authors HORSÁKOVÁ, Veronika (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jeffrey Clark NEKOLA (840 United States of America, belonging to the institution) and Michal HORSÁK (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Systematics and Biodiversity, Taylor & Francis, 2020, 1477-2000.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10613 Zoology
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 2.410
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/20:00114138
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2020.1725172
UT WoS 000519433900001
Keywords in English Euconulus; morphometrics; phylogenetics; species delimitation; taxonomy; terrestrial gastropod
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Abstract
While among the most common Holarctic land snails, species of the Euconulus fulvus group have been subject to considerable recent taxonomic controversy. Based on 76 Euconulus populations collected across Eurasia and North America, we empirically evaluated these competing taxonomic hypotheses through an integration of nDNA and mtDNA phylogenetics, shell morphometrics and various qualitative traits. Our results support the existence of five taxa: Euconulus alderi (Atlantic Europe to western North America), E. fresti sp. nov. (North America), E. fulvus fulvus (Europe), E. fulvus egenus (central Asia to Atlantic North America), and E. polygyratus (north-eastern North America). Each species-level entity possessed a unique suite of observable shell features allowing for accurate identification without need of DNA sequence information. Our data did not support the recent erection of E. callopisticus, E. praticola, and E. trochiformis to species-level status. This work also helps illustrate the importance of using consensus across DNA and shell/soft body features in assessing species-level taxonomy and in determining those features which allow for accurate identification. It furthermore documents the importance of basing taxonomic work on samples drawn from across the entire geographic and ecological range of the study group.
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GA20-18827S, research and development projectName: Diverzifikace boreálních suchozemských plžů podmíněná izolací v prostoru a čase
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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