Funding for this research was provided by:
CRUSA Foundation Scholarship (Year 2017-2019)
the Unitas Malacologica Graduate student Grant (Year 2018)
Article History
Received: 29 September 2021
Revised: 21 March 2022
Accepted: 22 March 2022
First Online: 15 August 2022
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: No animal testing was performed during this study.
: All necessary permits for sampling and observational field studies have been obtained by the authors from the competent authorities and are mentioned in the acknowledgements, if applicable. The study is compliant with CBD and Nagoya protocols.
: The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available on the Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD) and GenBank datasets repositories. Other datasets generated during and/or the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
: All authors contributed to specimen collections and molecular data obtained. KGM and AV conducted specimens’ dissections and recorded SEM micrographs. KGM carried out all molecular analyses. All the authors wrote sections in, edited, and approved the final manuscript.