The complete sequences and gene organisation of the mitochondrial genomes of the heterodont bivalves Acanthocardia tuberculata and Hiatella arctica – and the first record for a putative Atpase subunit 8 gene in marine bivalves

Table 2 Organisation of the mitochondrial genome of Acanthocardia tuberculata

Gene	Position	Strand	Start	Stop
COI	1–1593	+	ATA	TAG
tRNA-Pro	1599–1662	+
ND4l	1700–1981	+	ATT	TAA
tRNA-LeuI	2001–2065	+
ND6	2066–2527	+	ATT	TAA
COII	2532–3254	+	ATT	TAA
tRNA-Asp	3255–3317	+
tRNA-MetI	3327–3394	+
tRNA-His	4498–4558	+
ND3	4572–4919	+	ATG	TAA
tRNA-MetII	4928–4991	+
tRNA-Trp	5000–5063	+
tRNA-Lys	5065–5132	+
tRNA-LeuII	5133–5196	+
ND1	5227–6138	+	ATG	TAG
tRNA-Phe	6149–6216	+
12S rRNA	6217–7040	+
tRNA-Gln	7071–7133	+
tRNA-Arg	7132–7196	+
tRNA-Ile	7197–7261	+
COIII	7262–8098	+	ATG	TAA
tRNA-SerI	8105–8173	+
tRNA-Thr	8175–8237	+
ND5	8294–9940	+	ATT	TAA
tRNA-Cys	9941–10004	+
tRNA-SerII	10007–10074	+
Cytb	10075–11232	+	ATT	TAG
16S rRNA	11233–12455	+
tRNA-Asn	12456–12520	+
ND4	12649–13989	+	ATA	TAA
tRNA-Tyr	13995–14059	+
Atp6	14065–14776	+	GTG	T incomplete
tRNA-Glu	14885–14943	+
tRNA-Gly	14996–15007	+
tRNA-Val	15008–15066	+
ND2	15100–16026	+	ATT	TAA
tRNA-Ala	16029–16092	+

ISSN: 1742-9994