Mitochondrial genome of the endangered marine gastropod Strombus gigas Linnaeus, 1758 (Mollusca: Gastropoda)

Abstract

The queen conch Strombus gigas is an endangered marine gastropod of significant economic importance across the Greater Caribbean region. This work reports for the first time the complete mitochondrial genome of S. gigas, obtained by FLX 454 pyrosequencing. The mtDNA genome encodes for 13 proteins, 22 tRNAs and 2 ribosomal RNAs. In addition, the coding sequences and gene synteny were similar to other previously reported mitogenomes of gastropods.

• Mitogenome
• next generation sequencing
• pink snail
• queen conch

Declaration of interest

This work was funded by the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín-the Gobernación del Archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Grant 201010011420 (Scientific Cooperation Agreement # 083/2012).

The author reports no conflict of interest. The authors alone are responsible for content and writing of the paper.