The complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic analysis of Hiatella sp. J (Mollusca: Hiatellidae)

Abstract

The genus Hiatella is one of most abundant and widespread marine bivalves. To date, its intra-generic phylogeny remains disputed and mitogenome information is therefore much needed. Here, we first report the complete circular mitogenome of Hiatella sp. J that is distributed in the coast of Asia Pacific. The total length of this mitochondrial genome is 21,233 base pairs. It consists of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNAs, 2 ribosomal RNAs, and a major noncoding region (MNR). Phylogenetic analysis of COI from 25 species (Hiatellidae) revealed that the Hiatella sp. J was closely related to Asian Hiatella in the family Hiatellidae. This Hiatella mitogenome provides new molecular data for the further taxonomic and phylogenetic studies of the genus Hiatella of marine bivalves.

Keywords:

• Hiatella
• mitogenome
• bivalve
• phylogeny

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Data Availability Statement

The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in GeneBank at [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MN072638.1/], reference number [Accession number: MN072638].

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Funding

We acknowledge the Major basic research projects of Shandong Natural Science Foundation [ZR2018ZA0748], the grant support from the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [201841001], the Youth Talent Program Supported by Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao) [2018-MFS-T07], and Taishan Scholar Project Fund of Shandong Province of China.