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Note on planorbid snailgenus Amerianna Strand, 1928 (Gastropoda, Planorbidae) in India


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1 Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Fine Arts Avenue, Kochi - 682016, Kerala, India
2 Australian Museum Research Institute, William Street, Sydney NSW - 2010, Australia
 

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The previous confirmed report of planorbid snail genus Amerianna from Indian sub-continent was limited to description of a new species, Bulinus indicus from Pune, Maharashtra, later it was recognised as Amerianna carinata. This study reports first molecular information of genus Amerianna from India and first confirmed report of this genus from southern India. Based on a BLAST query of a cytochrome oxidase subunit I sequence (cox1), the Indian material (Kochi, Kerala) showed 99.2% similarity with Amerianna from New Guinea. Since Amerianna systematic is complex it may require extensive taxonomic revision for the species status to be further studied.

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Bulinus indicus, Edappally Canal, Freshwater, Kerala, Kochi, Planorbella scalaris.
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Authors

P. R. Jayachandran
Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Fine Arts Avenue, Kochi - 682016, Kerala, India
B. P. Aneesh
Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Fine Arts Avenue, Kochi - 682016, Kerala, India
Anders Hallan
Australian Museum Research Institute, William Street, Sydney NSW - 2010, Australia
N. K. Vishnudattan
Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Fine Arts Avenue, Kochi - 682016, Kerala, India
M. Jima
Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Fine Arts Avenue, Kochi - 682016, Kerala, India
R. Radhika
Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Fine Arts Avenue, Kochi - 682016, Kerala, India
S. Bijoy Nandan
Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Fine Arts Avenue, Kochi - 682016, Kerala, India

Abstract


The previous confirmed report of planorbid snail genus Amerianna from Indian sub-continent was limited to description of a new species, Bulinus indicus from Pune, Maharashtra, later it was recognised as Amerianna carinata. This study reports first molecular information of genus Amerianna from India and first confirmed report of this genus from southern India. Based on a BLAST query of a cytochrome oxidase subunit I sequence (cox1), the Indian material (Kochi, Kerala) showed 99.2% similarity with Amerianna from New Guinea. Since Amerianna systematic is complex it may require extensive taxonomic revision for the species status to be further studied.

Keywords


Bulinus indicus, Edappally Canal, Freshwater, Kerala, Kochi, Planorbella scalaris.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi%2Fv121%2Fi4%2F2021%2F159888