Mitochondrial genome of the Peruvian scallop Argopecten purpuratus (Bivalvia: Pectinidae)

Abstract

The mitochondrial genome of the Peruvian scallop Argopecten purpuratus was determined. The length of the mitochondrial coding region is 15,608 bp. A typical bivalve mitochondrial composition was detected with 12 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes and 21 transfer RNA genes, with the absence of the atp8 gene. Fifty percent of the protein-coding genes use typical ATG start codon, whereas five genes utilize ATA as their start codon. Only one gene was found to utilize TTG as its start codon. The A. purpuratus mitogenome shows a significant similarity to that of A. irradians irradians, in length as well as in gene composition.

• Bivalve
• coding region
• control region
• gene arrangement

Declaration of interest

This work was supported by the Scholarship Grant for Post Graduated studies from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan. A. Marín is the recipient of the Japanese Government (Monbusho) Scholarship. The authors declare no conflicts of interests. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the article.