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Revision of the subfamily Pitarinae Stewart, 1930 (Eucallista Dall, 1902; Austrocallista Erdmann & Morra, 1985; Proteopitar gen. nov.) from Cenozoic southern South America: systematic and phylogenetic analyses
Systematic and phylogenetic analyses of fossil and extant Pitarinae of the South-Western Atlantic Ocean and Chile have been performed. The group is represented by Eucallista Dall, 1902 (early Miocene–Recent), Austrocallista Erdmann & Morra, 1985 (Eocene–Pliocene) and Proteopitar gen. nov. (middle Miocene–Recent). Eucallista and Austrocallista have sculptured nymphs and include species previously assigned to Amiantis Carpenter, 1864. Eucallista is represented by three species: the extant E. purpurata (Lamarck, 1818) (Pleistocene–Recent, South-Western Atlantic Ocean from Golfo San MatÃas [Argentina] to Espirito Santo [Brazil]) and two fossil taxa, E. laziarina (Ihering, 1907) from the Miocene and Pliocene of Chile, Argentina and Uruguay, and E. domeykoana (Philippi, 1887) from the Miocene and Pliocene of Chile and Peru. Austrocallista has four taxa: Austrocallista sp. from the Eocene of Santa Cruz Province, A. iheringi (Cossmann, 1898) from the late Oligocene–middle Miocene of Patagonia, A. australis (Feruglio, 1935) (lectotype MGGC 607) from the early Miocene of Santa Cruz Province, and A. boliviana (Philippi, 1887) from the Miocene and Pliocene of Chile and Peru. Proteopitar gen. nov. is erected to incorporate two species previously assigned to Pitar Römer, 1857: Proteopitar mutabilis (del RÃo & MartÃnez, 1998) from the middle Miocene–late Miocene of Argentina and the Pleistocene–Recent species Proteopitar patagonicus (d’Orbigny, 1835–1847) (from Rio de Janeiro [Brazil] to BahÃa Vera [Chubut, Argentina]). These systematic hypotheses are corroborated by the phylogenetic analysis performed, which is the first one of the subfamily that includes fossil and extant taxa based on morphological characters of the shell. In addition, a new site on the coast of RÃo Negro Province which contains shells of the extant species is dated as 830 Ka BP (MIS21), being the oldest record of both extant species. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:16519263-4F9E-41AB-A009-EAC030681826.Fil: Alvarez, Maximiliano Jorge. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientÃficas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; ArgentinaFil: del RÃo, Claudia Julia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientÃficas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; ArgentinaFil: Martinez, Sergio. Universidad de la Republica; Urugua
The relictual population of the purple clam Amiantis Purpurata (l.) in northern Patagonia (Argentina): the history of a warm-temperate-water neogene survivor
The purple clam Amiantis purpurata (Lamarck) is a warm-temperate species inhabiting shallow water along the coast from Espiritu Santo (Brazil) to northern Patagonia. It is one of the few survivors of the middle–late Miocene faunal turnover which was characterized by the appearance of new taxa, most of them living now along the Argentinean coast. In order to study the biogeographic history of A. purpurata, a detailed review of its records was carried out. The oldest record of this species is from late Miocene rocks in Uruguay, and it appears that A. purpurata survived because its wide thermal tolerance range allowed larvae to migrate southwards from Uruguay, settling on the southern coast of Buenos Aires Province and San MatÃas Gulf. The characteristics of this gulf would have favored the development and settlement of the larvae, thus giving rise to the most abundant southern population during the Pleistocene. At the end of the Pleistocene, A. purpurata also survived the Last Glacial Maximum. During the Holocene, the population of A. purpurata in San MatÃas Gulf became isolated, but also represented the most abundant southern population of this species. During its brief Neogene history, Amiantis purpurata followed main global, regional and local events; thus it can be considered as an environmental indicator for this period.La almeja púrpura Amiantis purpurata (Lamarck) es una especie de aguas templado-cálidas que habita en aguas poco profundas desde EspÃritu Santo (Brasil) hasta el norte de Patagonia. Es uno de los pocos sobrevivientes del intercambio faunÃstico del Mioceno medio–tardÃo, que se caracterizó por la aparición de nuevos taxa, la mayorÃa de ellos vivientes en la actualidad a lo largo de la costa argentina. Con el fin de reconstruir su historia biogeográfica, se llevó a cabo una revisión detallada de los registros. El registro más antiguo de A. purpurata proviene del Mioceno tardÃo en Uruguay, y sobrevivió debido a su amplia tolerancia térmica lo que habrÃa permitido que las larvas migren desde Uruguay hacia el sur, donde se establecieron en la costa sur de la Provincia de Buenos Aires y en el Golfo San MatÃas. Además, las caracterÃsticas de este golfo han impulsado el desarrollo y asentamiento de las larvas, lo que darÃa lugar a la población más abundante situada más al sur durante el Pleistoceno. Al final del Pleistoceno, A. purpurata también sobrevivió al Último Máximo Glacial y, una vez en el Holoceno, la población de A. purpurata del Golfo San MatÃas quedó aislada, lo que representa la población más abundante y austral de esta especie. A lo largo de su breve historia geológica durante el Neógeno, Amiantis purpurata acompañó a los principales acontecimientos ocurridos a escala global, regional y local; por lo tanto, esta especie puede ser considerada como un indicador ambiental para este perÃodo.Fil: Bayer, MarÃa Sol. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientÃficas y Técnicas. Centro CientÃfico Tecnológico Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Tierra; ArgentinaFil: Gordillo, Sandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientÃficas y Técnicas. Centro CientÃfico Tecnológico Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones En Ciencias de la Tierra; ArgentinaFil: Morsán, Enrique . Instituto de BiologÃa Marina y Pesquera Almirante Storni; Argentin