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ArticleScientific reports2018

Discovery of Novaculina myanmarensis sp. nov. (Bivalvia: Pharidae: Pharellinae) closes the freshwater razor clams range disjunction in Southeast Asia.

Ivan N Bolotov, Ilya V Vikhrev, Manuel Lopes-Lima, Zau Lunn, Nyein Chan, Than Win, Olga V Aksenova, Mikhail Yu Gofarov, Alexander V Kondakov, Ekaterina S Konopleva and 1 more

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Ivan N BolotovNorthern Arctic Federal University, Arkhangelsk, Russia. inepras@yandex.ru.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3878-4192
Ilya V VikhrevNorthern Arctic Federal University, Arkhangelsk, Russia.
Manuel Lopes-LimaCIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Matosinhos, Portugal.
Zau LunnFauna & Flora International - Myanmar Program, Yangon, Myanmar.
Nyein ChanFauna & Flora International - Myanmar Program, Yangon, Myanmar.
Than WinDepartment of Zoology, Hpa-An University, Hpa-An, Kayin State, Myanmar.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0623-0275
Olga V AksenovaNorthern Arctic Federal University, Arkhangelsk, Russia.
Mikhail Yu GofarovNorthern Arctic Federal University, Arkhangelsk, Russia.
Alexander V KondakovNorthern Arctic Federal University, Arkhangelsk, Russia.
Ekaterina S KonoplevaNorthern Arctic Federal University, Arkhangelsk, Russia.
Sakboworn TumpeesuwanDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahasarakham University, Maha Sarakham, Thailand.

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Abstract

The razor clam genus Novaculina represents an example of a marine-derived, secondary freshwater group. It was thought to comprise three species: N. gangetica (Ganges and smaller basins in Bangladesh and northwestern Myanmar), N. siamensis (Bang Pakong and Pasak rivers in Thailand and Mekong River in Vietnam), and N. chinensis (lower Yangtze River, China). Here we describe Novaculina myanmarensis sp. nov., an additional species from the Ayeyarwady and Salween basins representing a divergent lineage that appears to be sister to N. gangetica. This new record closes a Novaculina range disjunction between northwestern Myanmar and Thailand. The populations of this novel species share a shallow molecular divergence from each other indicating potential dispersal events between the two distant freshwater basins during the Late Pleistocene. Our ancestral area modeling suggests that the MRCA of Novaculina crown group was a salt-tolerant freshwater species. The recent Novaculina species most likely originated via allopatric speciation. Our findings highlight that generalist estuarine species could have played the role as a source for bivalve expansions into freshwater and that western Indochina is a separate biogeographic subregion, which is clearly distinct from India. A new synonymy is proposed as follows: Pharellinae Stoliczka, 1870 = Novaculininae Ghosh, 1920 syn. nov.

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