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ABSTRACT
An analysis of two mitochondrial genes (16S and COI) shows that two genera can be recognised in the Lord Howe Island tateid fauna. Fluviopupa, a widespread Pacific genus, contains the species previously referred to that genus as well as Potamopyrgus oscitans. Species which were previously included in the New Caledonian genus Hemistomia form a clade that is sister to Austropyrgus from south-eastern Australia. The generic name Insuladrobia n. gen. is introduced for that clade.
http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:75E8D474-47E7-4B4E-B6F1-56924540D9C5
Acknowledgements
Samples used in this study have been collected under NSW National Parks permit SL101765 and Lord Howe Island Board Research Permit LHIB 01/17. We thank Isabel Hyman (Australian Museum) for help with fieldwork and Hank Bower (Lord Howe Island Board) for logistical support during our stay on Lord Howe Island. We thank Doris Shearman, Bruce Marshall and Don Colgan for their corrections on the manuscript.
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