Canarium mutabile, common name the variable stromb, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]
| Canarium mutabile | |
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| Canarium mutabile f zebriolatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Strombidae |
| Genus: | Canarium |
| Species: | C. mutabile
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| Binomial name | |
| Canarium mutabile (Swainson, 1821)
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Description edit
The shell size varies between 15 mm and 45 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, the Chagos Atoll, the Comores, Djibouti; the East Coast of South Africa; Eritrea; Kenya ; Madagascar; the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique; Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania; the Mediterranean Sea; the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines.
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 Canarium mutabile (referred to as Strombus mutabilis 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 mutabilis (=Canarium mutabile) and Strombus maculatus are closely related and appear to share a common ancestor.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b Canarium mutabile (Swainson, 1821). Bouchet, P. (2010). Canarium mutabile (Swainson, 1821). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531880 on 26 March 2011 .
- ^ 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. S2CID 9009475.
External links edit
- Gastropoda Stromboidea - Ulrich Wieneke and Han Stoutjesdijk
- Canarium mutabile on Gastropoda Stromboidea - Ulrich Wieneke and Han Stoutjesdijk
- "Canarium mutabilis mutabilis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 26 March 2011.