Taxonomy of an unusual limpet: Latia neritoides (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Hygrophila: Chilinoidea: Latiidae)

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Taxonomy of an unusual limpet: Latia neritoides (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Hygrophila: Chilinoidea: Latiidae)

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A well-recorded and tumultuous geographic history makes New Zealand a useful system for testing hypotheses in phylogeography. Within New Zealand’s unique fauna is a relict genus, Latia, the world’s only bioluminescent freshwater pulmonate which is endemic to freshwater streams in the North Island. Individuals of the Latia genus were independently characterised with morphology characters, with recognition of three species: Latia lateralis (Northland), L. climoi (Wellington) and L. neritoides (...

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Masters

Date created

2014

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Wakerley, Georgia

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/4913

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Taxonomy / limpet / aquatic / phylogenetics / COI / 16S / ITS / Latia / neritoides / New Zealand / endemic / wakerley / 2013 / chilina / bayesian

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