Characterization of complete mitochondrial genome of Nassarius hepaticus (Stenoglossa, Nassariidae)

Abstract

In the present report, we describe the complete mitochonadrial genome of Nassarius hepaticus. The genome is found to be 15732 bp in length, which contained the typical mitogenome gene set of 22 tRNAs, 13 protein coding genes and 2 rRNAs. 13 protein-coding genes started with ATG; the stop codon in each of these protein-coding genes was either TAA or TAG, whereas NAD2 ends with AGT. The heavy strand was predicted to contain 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, 2 ATP synthase genes and 13 tRNA genes. The light strand was predicted to contain 8 tRNA. The phylogenetic tree was conducted with other 8 species with high similarity based on the method of maximum likelihood, the result could be a useful basis for management and utilization of this species.

Keywords

• nassarius hepaticus
• mitochondrial genome
• phylogenetic analysis