Canarium microurceus

Canarium microurceus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]

Canarium microurceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Strombidae
Genus:	Canarium
Species:	C. microurceus
Binomial name
Canarium microurceus Kira, 1959

Phylogeny

Strombus maculatus     Strombus mutabilis         Strombus microurceus     Strombus labiatus             Strombus fragilis     Strombus urceus       Strombus dentatus             Strombus canarium     Strombus vittatus       Strombus epidromis           Strombus fusiformis     Strombus haemastoma         Strombus wilsoni

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 microurceus (referred to as Strombus microurceus 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 labiatus (= Canarium labiatum) and Strombus microurceus are closely related and appear to share a common ancestor.[2]

References

1. Canarium microurceus Kira, 1959. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
2. 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. Elsevier. 41 (2): 436–444. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.027. PMID 16839783.