Table 2 Molecular diagnoses of the new freshwater mussel taxa (Unionidae) from Myanmar.

From: Eight new freshwater mussels (Unionidae) from tropical Asia

Taxon

Mean COI p-distance from the nearest neighbor, %

The nearest neighbor of new taxon

Fixed nucleotide differences based on the sequence alignment of congeners

COI

16S rRNA

28S rRNA

Leoparreysia whitteni sp. nov.

9.29

L. olivacea

15 C, 56 C, 62 G, 74 A, 77 G, 92 A, 101 G, 128 C, 182 G, 227 C, 296 A, 308 G, 323 G, 353 G, 356 T, 407 C, 458 G, 524 A, 539 G, 554 G, 656 A

12 C, 18 T, 20 C, 49 A, 51 T, 110 T, 144 C, 200 C, 233 C, 234 T, 238 G, 241 C, 248 A, 250 A, 264 C, 300 C, 324 C, 329 C

127 С, 413 T, 432 T/Y, 454 T, 469 C, 470 G, 471 A, 484 G, 494 T, 523 G, 524 A, 531 T, 542 C, 550 C, 559 G, 567 G, 568 A, 584 T, 601 G, 621 G, 622 T, 623 T, 631 T, 647 T, 654 G, 655 T, 682 T, 686 A, 702 T, 709 A, 710 A, 747 C, 752 T, 760 C, 758 A

Radiatula myitthanensis sp. nov.

3.21

R. mouhoti

389 A, 422 G, 425 G, 434 A, 443 C, 527 C, 578 A

240 G, 317 C, 331 A

None

R. mouhoti haungthayawensis ssp. nov.

1.36

R. mouhoti

35 C, 254 G

None

None

R. chindwinensis sp. nov.

3.33

R. mouhoti

122 A, 212 A, 293 G, 308 A, 364 G, 449 C, 479 A

53 G

None

Indochinella pugio viridissima ssp. nov.

1.61

I. pugio paradoxa ssp. nov.

57 C

None

None

I. pugio daweiensis ssp. nov.

1.59

I. pugio viridissima ssp. nov.

86 G, 110 G, 347 A, 402 C, 557 C, 635 C, 644 A, 659 C

17 A, 314 C, 316 T, 324 T

759 A

I. pugio paradoxa ssp. nov.

1.61

I. pugio viridissima ssp. nov.

8 G, 291 C, 341 T, 404 G, 443 C, 608 G

328 G

507 C, 771 G

Yaukthwa elongatula sp. nov.

8.28

Y. inlenensis

6 C, 15 C, 17 A, 35 T, 50 C, 56 C, 71 G, 95 A, 167 A, 182 C, 194 C, 206 T, 242 G, 248 C, 275 A, 296 A, 302 T, 319 C, 338 C, 365 C, 389 A, 425 A, 443 C, 506 C, 539 G, 542 A, 587 G, 629 A, 638 T

154 A, 155 C, 238 G, 247 G, 249 T, 253 A, 270 G, 336 C, 342 T, 469 C

210 G, 212 T, 496 A, 589 Del, 608 G

  1. Del = deletion mutation.