@phdthesis{Zielske2016, author = {Susan Zielske}, title = {The radiation of truncatelloidean gastropods across the South Pacific}, journal = {Die Verbreitung der Truncatelloidea {\"u}ber den S{\"u}dpazifik}, url = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:9-002675-0}, year = {2016}, abstract = {This thesis draws a comprehensive picture about the radiation and diversification of truncatelloidean gastropods across the south pacific. It covers three more specifc studies focussing on the Truncelloideans from Fiji, Vanuatu and New Caledonia, respectively. And a conclusive analysis that combines the results of the three more specific studies and enhances them using species from the Austral Islands, Lord Howe Island, the Indonesian island Sulawesi as well as several species from New Zealand and Australia. Molecular phylogenies were calculated using four nuclear gene fragments (ITS2; 18S rRNA; 28S rRNA and Histone 3) besides the mitochondrial COI and 16S rRNA. Further molecuular data was used to calculate dated phylogenies, perform ancestral range reconstructions and develop a modified molecular barcoding approach.}, language = {en} }