Canarium microurceus

Canarium microurceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Canarium
Species: C. microurceus
Binomial name
Canarium microurceus
Kira, 1959

Canarium microurceus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]

Phylogeny








Strombus maculatus



Strombus mutabilis





Strombus microurceus



Strombus labiatus







Strombus fragilis



Strombus urceus




Strombus dentatus







Strombus canarium



Strombus vittatus




Strombus epidromis






Strombus fusiformis



Strombus haemastoma





Strombus wilsoni



Part of the phylogeny and relationships of Strombus species, according to Latiolais et al. (2006)[2]

In 2006, Latiolais and colleagues proposed a cladogram (a tree of descent) that attempts to show the phylogenetic relationships of 34 species within the family Strombidae. The authors analysed 31 species in the genus Strombus including Canarium microurceus (referred to as Strombus microurceus in their analysis), and three species in the allied genus Lambis. The cladogram was based on DNA sequences of both nuclear histone H3 and mitochondrial cytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) protein-coding gene regions. In this proposed phylogeny, Strombus labiatus (= Canarium labiatum) and Strombus microurceus are closely related and appear to share a common ancestor.[2]

References

  1. Canarium microurceus Kira, 1959.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Latiolais, J. M.; Taylor, M. S; Roy, K. & Hellberg, M. E. (2006). "A molecular phylogenetic analysis of strombid gastropod morphological diversity". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (Elsevier) 41 (2): 436–444. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.027. PMID 16839783.