The complete mitochondrial genome of Chinese land snail Aegista aubryana (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Bradybaenidae)

Abstract

Aegista aubryana is an endemic land snail in China. The complete mitochondrial genome of A. aubryana was first determined using long PCR reactions and primer walking method (accession number KT192071). The genome has a length of 14 238 bp, containing 37 typical mitochondrial genes (13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes and 2 rRNA genes). The base composition of the whole heavy strand is A 31.32%, T 37.86%, C 14.46% and G 16.36%. The results of phylogenetic analyses showed that the A. aubryana is most closely related to Mastigeulota kiangsinensis. This new complete mitochondrial genome can be the basic data for further studies on mitogenome comparison, molecular taxonomy and phylogenetic analyses in bradybaenid snails and Molluscs at large.

• Aegista aubryana
• mitochondrial genome
• phylogenetic tree

Declaration of interest

This work is supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31260515) and Leading talent training plan of the GanPo Outstanding Talents 555 Project (18000041), and the Innovation Fund Designated for Graduate Students of Jiangxi Province (2014), and the foundation project of the National Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2013FY111500). The authors report no conflict of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of this article.