A mitogenomic phylogeny of chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora).

"in addition to newly sequenced mitogenomes we also annotated two then unpublished mitogenomes available in genbank: acanthochitona cf rubrolineata (lischke 1873) (ky827039 [ ];) and ischnochiton hakodadensis carpenter 1893 (ky827038 [ ];). availability of data and materials the datasets supporting the conclusions of this article are available as additional files and in the figshare repository https://doi org/10 6084/m9 figshare 7963712 . availability of data and materials the datasets supporting the conclusions of this article are available as additional files and in the figshare"

"Competing interests Rafael Zardoya is Associate Editor for BMC Evolutionary Biology."

"Funding This work was supported by the Spanish Ministries of Science and Innovation (MICINN; project CGL2010–18216 to RZ) and of Science and Competitiveness (MINECO; project CGL2016–75255-C2–1-P (AEI/FEDER, UE) to RZ) and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF-DEB-1355230 to DJE). II was supported by a JAE-predoc PhD fellowship from the Spanish Research Council (CSIC), co-funded by the European Social Fund (ESF), and a postdoctoral Juan de la Cierva-Incorporación postdoctoral fellowship (IJCI-2016-29566) from MINECO. JEU was supported by fellowships from the MINECO (BES-2011-051469) and the Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellowship Program from the Smithsonian Institution. The funding bodies played no role in the design of the study and collection, analysis, and interpretation of data, and in writing the manuscript."