The complete mitochondrial genome of Achatinella sowerbyana (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Stylommatophora: Achatinellidae)

Melissa R Price; Zac H Forsman; Ingrid S Knapp; Robert J Toonen; Michael G Hadfield

doi:10.1080/23802359.2016.1219631

The complete mitochondrial genome of Achatinella sowerbyana (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Stylommatophora: Achatinellidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2016 Sep 2;1(1):666-668. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2016.1219631.

Authors

Melissa R Price^{1

2}, Zac H Forsman³, Ingrid S Knapp³, Robert J Toonen³, Michael G Hadfield¹

Affiliations

¹ Kewalo Marine Laboratory, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, USA.
² Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, USA.
³ Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Kane'ohe, HI, USA.

Abstract

In this study, we report the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Achatinella sowerbyana, an endangered Hawaiian tree snail. The mitogenome is 15,374 bp in length and has a base composition of A (36.4%), T (42.7%), C (9.1%), and G (11.8%). Similar to other pulmonates, it contains 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and 22 transfer RNA genes. The gene order is the same as its sister species, A. mustelina. To our knowledge, this is the second mitochondrial genome sequenced within the superfamily Achatinelloidea, and will aid in the examination of the genus Achatinella, part of a spectacular radiation in the Hawaiian Islands.

Keywords: Endangered species; Hawaiian tree snail; Mollusca; RADseq; mitogenome.