The snails were mainly collected from the backsides of leaves and from some leaf nodes. The recruitment pattern of this species and its relationships with mangrove species in the early stage of mangrove rehabilitation were also investigated.
In this study, we reported Mainwaringia leithii specimens collected from young, rehabilitated mangroves in Xiamen city as a newly recorded Mainwaringia species in China, based on their DNA barcoding and morphological taxonomy characteristics. The species within the genus Mainwaringia in Littorininae have been recognized as being strongly associated with mangroves however, their abundance and distribution patterns in mangroves have rarely been reported. 4Observation and Research Station of Island and Coastal Ecosystem in the Western Taiwan Straits, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen, China.3Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Ecological Conservation and Restoration, Xiamen, China.2Key Laboratory of Marine Ecological Conservation and Restoration, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen, China.1Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen, China.
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