Doxander vittatus, common name the vitate snail, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true snails.[1]
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| Five views of a shell of Doxander vittatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Strombidae |
| Genus: | Doxander |
| Species: | D. vittatus
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| Doxander vittatus | |
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Subspecies
editThere are five subspecies :
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Indo-Pacific off Fiji and also in the South China Sea.
Description
editThe adult shell size varies between 35 mm and 100 mm.
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Phylogeny
edit| Part of the phylogeny and relationships of Strombus species, according to Latiolais et al. (2006)[2] |
In 2006, Latiolais and colleagues proposed a cladogram (a tree of descent) that attempts to show the phylogenetic relationships of 34 species within the family Strombidae. The authors analysed 31 species in the genus Strombus including Doxander vittatus (referred to as Strombus vittatus in their analysis), and three species in the allied genus Lambis. The cladogram was based on DNA sequences of both nuclear histone H3 and mitochondrial cytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) protein-coding gene regions. In this proposed phylogeny, Strombus vittatus, Strombus canarium (= Laevistrombus canarium) and Strombus epidromis (= Labiostrombus epidromis) are closely related and appear to share a common ancestor.[2]
References
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- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2011). Doxander vittatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564521 on 2011-03-29
- ^ a b Latiolais, J. M.; Taylor, M. S; Roy, K.; Hellberg, M. E. (2006). "A molecular phylogenetic analysis of strombid gastropod morphological diversity" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 41 (2). Elsevier: 436–444. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.027. PMID 16839783.
External links
edit- "Doxander vittatus vittatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 March 2011.