A pioneer survey and DNA barcoding of some commonly found gastropod molluscs on Robben Island

By

Bank, Herman van der
Greenfield, Richard

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

481

Pages

15-23

Subjects

Gastropoda , mitochondrial gene COI , Mollusca , species identification

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.481.8188

 

Abstract

Nineteen species of abundant gastropods were collected at Robben Island, including introduced dune snails and European brown garden snails. They were identified using morphology and DNA barcoding. It was expected that the species recorded would be similar to those from the Cape peninsula, South Africa, but we were surprised to find some exceptions: the very abundant invasive mussel species in South Africa, the South American bisexual mussel (Semimytilus algosus), and the beaded topshells (Oxystele impervia) were not found on Robben Island. Possible explanations are presented for these differences.