Ascobulla fragilis
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Ascobulla fragilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod sacoglossan mollusk in the family Volvatellidae.
The complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial genome of Ascobulla fragilis has been available since 2008.[3]
Gavagnin et al. (1994)[2] placed this species accidentally and erroneously in a different genus.
Distribution
The type locality is La Spezia, Italy.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Jeffreys J. G. (1856). "On the marine Testacea of the Piedmontese coast". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2)17: 155-188. p. 188, pl. 2, fig. 16-17.
- ^ a b Gavagnin M., Marin A., Castelluccio F., Villani G. & Cimino G. (1994) "Defensive relationships between Caulerpa prolifera and its shelled sacoglossan predators". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 175(2): 197-210. doi:10.1016/0022-0981(94)90026-4.
- ^ Grande C., Templado J. & Zardoya R. (2008). "Evolution of gastropod mitochondrial genome arrangements". BMC Evolutionary Biology 8: 61. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-61