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Other___________________________________ _ U·MI 1 SYSTEMATICS AND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE HELMINTHOGLYPTIDAE OF SONORA by Edna Naranjo-Garcia A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY In partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY WITH MAJOR IN GENERAL BIOLOGY In the Graduate College THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 198 8 THE UNIVERStTY OF ARIZONA GRADUATE COLLEGE As members of the Final Examination Committee, we certify that we have read the dissertation prepared by Edna Naranjo~Garcia SYSTE~~TICS AND BIOGEOGRAPHY-------------------------------------------- OF HELMINTHOGLYPTIDAE OF SONORA entitled ----------------------- and recommend that it be accepted as fulfilling the dissertation requirement for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy 5/27/88 tili.&4 ~ .);{Lt/vr Date wa~Miller 5/27/88 _Q....",~-KeC( /,<2 Date ~~Mead~ ~~'?~i2~ 5/27/88 Date a~:ns1Vttc~~~ 5/27/88 Charles Mason , Date tJ)dl!.-~t/l.. d/;t,b-·Pl/· ~l.cUL/· 5/27/88 I WillardVanAsdall Date Final approval and acceptance of this dissertation is contingent upon the candidate's submission of the final copy of the dissertation to the Graduate College. I hereby certify that I have read this dissertation prepared under my direction and recommend that it be accepted as fulfilling the dissertation requirement. 5/27/88 Date 2 STATEMENT BY AUTHOR This dissertation has been submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for an advanced degree at The University of Arizona and is deposited in the University Library to be made available to borrowers under rules of the Library. Brief quotations from this dissertation are allowable without special permission, provided that accurate acknowledgment of source is made. Requests for permission for extended quotation from or reproduction of this manuscript in whole or in part may be granted by the head of the major department or the Dean of the Graduate College when in his judgment the proposed use of the material is in the interests of scholarship. In all other instances, however, permission must be obtained from the author. Signed: ~~d ----- ------ ----------- 3 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I wish to express my gratitude to Dr. Walter B. Miller, major professor and dissertation director, to Drs. Albert R. Mead and Peter E. Pickens of the major committee, and to Drs. Charles T. Mason and Willard VanAsdall for their service on the minor committee. I am specially indebted to Dr. W.B. Miller for his kindness, patience, and teachings in the laboratory, as well as in the field, and for making available to me his fine collection of land snails of Southwestern Unites States, Northwestern Mexico. I would like to thank Diana Warr, Albert Collier and Paul H. Scott for their encouragement. For their companionship in the field to: W.B. Miller, James Hoffman, Drs. Richard L. Reeder and Carl Christensen. For his help to make clear the section of Biogeography to Dr. Russell Davis. Great appreciation and thanks to Ronnie Sidner for all her help on matters of editing and language, throughout my stay here. Sincere thanks to the Scientific Illustration team, Don Sayner, Ginny Childs, Charlotte Ernstein for making available their facilities and for their advise. I am deeply grateful to my family in Mexico City for their understanding and moral support: Onfalia, Judith, Carmen, Doris, Gregorio, Ruth Indira, Asgard and Uriel Siddartha. In addition, my gratitude to CONACyT for its financial support. 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ..........................•..... 5 ABSTRACT ............................................. '7 INTRODUCTION ......................................... 7 MATERIALS AND METHODS ................................ 11 Materials .............................. 11 Collecting Methods ..................... 11 Dissections ............................ 13 Whole Mounts ........................... 14 Mounting ............................. 15 Dehydration and clearing ............. 15 Making the permanent whole-mount ..... 16 Illustrations .......................... 16 DESCRIPTION OF NEW Sonorella SPECIES ................. 18 Descriptions ........................... 19 S. cananea .......................... 19 §,". burgessi ......................... 23 §.. pratti ........................... 28 §.. rothi ............................ 32 §.. seri ....•........................ 36 §.. species "a" ........ 0 ••••••••••••• 39 §.. species "b" ...................... 43 §.. species "c" .................... 46 §.. species "d" ...................... 50 FAMILIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE WESTERN AMERICAN HELICOIDEA .................. 55 Familial Relationships ................. 55 Biogeography ........................... 66 The Helminthoglyptidae in Sonora .... 76 ECOLOGY .............................................. 89 CONCLUSIONS .............................. I: •••...••... 94 LITERATURE CITED ..................................... 97 -------------------------------------------i 5 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Figure Page 1. Distribution of Eremarionta and Sonorella known in 1983 ....................................... 9 2. Sonorella cananea Basal Reproductive Anatomy of Holotype .......................................... 21 3. §.. burgessi Basal Reproductive Anatomy of Holotype ... 25 4. ~. pratti Basal Reproductive Anatomy of Holotype ..... 30 5. ~ . rothi Basal Reproductive Anatomy of Holotype ...... 34 6. ~. .~eri Basal Reproductive Anatomy of Holotype ....... 37 7. Sonorella species "a" Basal Reproductive Anatomy of Holotype ................................ 41 8. Sonorella species "b" Basal Reproductive Anatomy of Holotype ................................ 45 9. Sonorella species "c" Basal Reproductive Anatomy of Holotype ................................ 48 10. Sonorella species lid" Basal Reproductive Anatomy of Holotype ................................ 52 11. Distribution of the Helicoidea ...................... 67 12. The evolution of Pacifica ......................... 70-73 13. Distribution of the genera Eremarionta and Sonorella ........................................... 80 14. The known distribution of the genus Sonorella in 1983 ............................................. 81 15. The position of the Baja California Peninsula 10 to 15 million years ............................... 83 16. Present distribution of the genus Eremarionta on a map of the area 10-15 million years ago ......... 85 17. Hypothetical past distribution of Eremarionta ......................................... 87 6 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS - continued Figure
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    Freshwater gastropods diversity hotspots: three new species from the Uruguay River (South America) Diego E. Gutie´rrez Gregoric1,2 and Micaela de Lucı´a2 1 Centro Cientı´fico Tecnolo´gico La Plata, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientı´ficas y Te´cnicas, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2 Divisio´n Zoologı´a Invertebrados, Museo de La Plata, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina ABSTRACT Background: The Atlantic Forest is globally one of the priority ecoregions for biodiversity conservation. In Argentina, it is represented by the Paranense Forest, which covers a vast area of Misiones Province between the Parana´ and Uruguay rivers. The Uruguay River is a global hotspot of freshwater gastropod diversity, here mainly represented by Tateidae (genus Potamolithus) and to a lesser extent Chilinidae. The family Chilinidae (Gastropoda, Hygrophila) includes 21 species currently recorded in Argentina, and three species in the Uruguay River. The species of Chilinidae occur in quite different types of habitats, but generally in clean oxygenated water recording variable temperature ranges. Highly oxygenated freshwater environments (waterfalls and rapids) are the most vulnerable continental environments. We provide here novel information on three new species of Chilinidae from environments containing waterfalls and rapids in the Uruguay River malacological province of Argentina. Materials and Methods: The specimens were collected in 2010. We analyzed shell, radula, and nervous and reproductive systems, and determined the molecular genetics. The genetic distance was calculated for two mitochondrial markers (cytochrome c oxidase subunit I–COI- and cytochrome b -Cyt b-) for these three Submitted 30 November 2015 new species and the species recorded from the Misionerean, Uruguay River and Accepted 25 May 2016 Lower Parana´-Rı´o de la Plata malacological provinces.