Abstract
The mitogenome of the Cortés geoduck clam Panopea globosa (Genbank accession KM580068) has a length of 15,469 bp and contains 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA and 22 transfer RNA genes, as conventional metazoan mitochondrial genomes. Structural genes start with ATG, ATA and GTG codons; whereas TAG and TAA are used as stop codons. Base composition is: 23.3% A, 40.4% T, 10.1% C and 26.1% G. As is typical of marine bivalves, all genes are coded on the same strand. On the other hand, the gene arrangement is considerably different from those found in other heterodont bivalve mitogenomes.
Declaration of interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper. The first author received support from CONACYT for her M.Sc. program in Marine Ecology at Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada. This research was funded by Coordinadora Nacional de las Fundaciones Produce, A.C. (project RGAC-CES-2013-031).