Summary:The Brazilian species Pustulatirus ogum and Hemipolygona beckyae were examined, and certain morphological characters were described. Both species were originally assigned to the genus Latirus, considered as a heterogeneous complex. The radulae of both species are like that which characterizes Latirus, in which the innermost cusp of the rachidian tooth is well developed but always smaller than the other cusps. This feature differs from Leucozonia, in which this cusp is reduced or absent. The penis tapers terminally, and the tapered part may be long (more than half the total penis length), as in H. beckyae, or very short (less than half the total penis length), as in P. ogum. The anatomical data observed in both species are discussed under the framework of fasciolariid systematics and they appear to be widespread among other fasciolariid species. For this reason, to date, the soft-part features here provided and those known from previously studied species of Latirus are not useful for delineating precise generic diagnoses.Keywords: morphology; Caenogastropoda; Fasciolariidae; Latirus; western Atlantic.
Anatomía comparada de los fascioláridosPustulatirus ogum y Hemipolygona beckyae de Brasil (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea: Peristerniinae) Resumen: Se describe la morfología y anatomía de las especies brasileñas Pustulatirus ogum y Hemipolygona beckyae. Ambas especies han sido tradicionalmente asignadas al género Latirus, que en la actualidad se considera que agrupa a un conjunto heterogéneo de especies. Las rádulas de ambas especies son como la que caracteriza a Latirus, con la cúspide más interna del diente raquídeo bien desarrollada y siempre menor que las otras cúspides. Esta característica difiere de la que presentan las especies del género Leucozonia, en las que esta cúspide está reducida o ausente. El pene se estrecha en su parte terminal, y la parte cónica puede ser larga (más de la mitad de la longitud total del pene), como en H. beckyae, o muy corta (menos de la mitad de la longitud total del pene), como en P. ogum. Los caracteres morfológicos observados en ambas especies se discuten en el marco de la sistemática de los Fasciolariidae y parecen estar ampliamente distribuidos en otras especies de fascioláridos. Por ello, hasta la fecha, las características de las partes blandas del animal aquí descritas y las conocidas previamente de otras especies de Latirus no se consideran de utilidad para la diagnosis de los géneros en esta familia.
Fasciolariids are buccinoid neogastropods and key predators in the tropics and subtropics, comprising more than 500 species in the subfamilies Fasciolariinae, Fusininae and Peristerniinae. Tulip shells, horse-conchs, spindles, etc., have been grouped into heterogeneous combinations of unrelated species, while several generic names have been used to group conchologically similar species. The latest molecular phylogenetic study conflicts with the current circumscription of many genera, and even more so, with the three currently recognized subfamilies. This work is the first morphological approach to the phylogeny of fasciolariids, using a parsimony analysis in TnT of 53 taxa based on 100 characters. This analysis reveals a monophyletic Fasciolariidae, with the genera Dolicholatirus and Teralatirus representing the most basal clade in the family, followed by three nodes that correspond to a fusinine grade, which includes the genus Pseudolatirus (Peristerniinae). A terminal clade groups the peristerniine genera Peristernia and Fusolatirus, fasciolariines and the remaining peristerniines. Although none of these clades correspond to currently accepted taxonomic groups, the latter two clades are corroborated in the most recent multilocus molecular phylogeny. This study supports the utility of morphological data in the recovery of groups, even in the molecular era.
A cladistic analysis of the Tegulinae (Turbinidae) is presented using 132 morphological characters and 41 taxa. Tegulinae is recovered and is sister to Prisogaster niger (Prisogasterinae) within the family Turbinidae. This scenario, with Tegulinae as a subfamily within Turbinidae, corroborates with the most molecular analyses. Tegulinae comprises >40 extant species, belonging to eight genera. Morphological studies have not resolved the placement of Tegulinae within Trochoidea sufficiently, and the systematic positions of the genera have never been investigated as a primary objective. The present morphology‐based analysis of genus‐level relationships within Tegulinae provides a robust, phylogenetic diagnosis of each group, rooted on a firm hypothesis of evolutionary relationships. An additional search was performed to include the tegulines Omphalius nigerrimus and Carolesia blakei terminals using unweighted and implied weighting. Our morphological data provide a solid foundation for ensuing systematic research on Tegulinae, as well as Trochoidea, and evidence facilitating the diagnosis of generic and suprageneric groups.
Guimarães for the SEM sessions, to the academic staff Marta Maria, Omair Filho and Sonia de Araújo for their help. To Dione Seripierri, for the immense help in the Reference section of this dissertation. I thank Gary Rosenberg (ANSP), Gustav Paulay (FMNH), Daniel Geiger (SBMNH) and Gregory Herbert (USF) for loan of additional specimens and sending of molecular samples for this work; Philippe Bouchet kindly loaned specimens from the Museum in Paris, and greatly helped in the taxonomy. Virginie Héros, Philippe Maestrati, Pierre Lozouet, Barbara Buge, Laurent Charles (MNHN) and Ellen Strong (NMNH) for their role in specimen processing during the expeditions and curation. Martin Snyder, Paul Callomon (ANSP) and Yuri Kantor (SIEEM) for their help in species identification and other insights. Other friends, in different spheres of life, include, but
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