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Abstract
The complete mitochondrial (mt) genome of the veined rapa whelk, Rapana venosa, was determined using genome walking techniques in this study. The total length of the mt genome sequence of R. venosa was 15,271 bp, which is comparable to the reported Muricidae mitogenomes to date. It contained 13 protein-coding genes, 21 transfer RNA genes, and two ribosomal RNA genes. A bias towards a higher representation of nucleotides A and T (69%) was detected in the mt genome of R. venosa. A small number of non-coding nucleotides (302 bp) was detected, and the largest non-coding region was 74 bp in length.
Acknowledgements
We thank Dr Hong Yu from Ocean University of China for help with data analysis and useful comments on the earlier drafts.
Declaration of interest
This work is supported by The Key Laboratory of Mariculture (KLM), Ministry of Education, OUC, and the grants from Qingdao Science and Technology Program (13-1-4-178-jch), and Emerging Strategic Industries Project of Qingdao City (13-4-1-60hy).
The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the article.