MolluscaBase taxon details
Heterogen longispira (E. A. Smith, 1886)
1252864 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1252864)
accepted
Species
Heterogen turris Annandale, 1921 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Paludina longispira E. A. Smith, 1886 · unaccepted (original combination)
recent only
(of Paludina longispira E. A. Smith, 1886) Smith, E. A. (1886). Descriptions of three new species of freshwater shells from Japan. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 5: 57-59., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31653661
page(s): 57 [details]
page(s): 57 [details]
Type locality contained in Biwa lake
type locality contained in Biwa lake [details]
Distribution Endemic to the Biwa Lake, Japan
Distribution Endemic to the Biwa Lake, Japan [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Heterogen longispira (E. A. Smith, 1886). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1252864 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Paludina longispira E. A. Smith, 1886) Smith, E. A. (1886). Descriptions of three new species of freshwater shells from Japan. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 5: 57-59., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31653661
page(s): 57 [details]
original description (of Heterogen turris Annandale, 1921) Annandale, T. N. (1921). Zoological results of a tour in the Far East. The viviparous water-snail of Lake Biwa, Japan. <em>Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 6 (7): 397-401. Calcutta. [22 August].
page(s): 400, fig. 1, 2 [details]
basis of record Köhler, F.; Rintelen, T. von. (2011). IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: <em>Heterogen longispira</em>. , available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/189576/0 [details]
additional source Stelbrink, B., R. Richter, F. Köhler, F. Riedel, E.E. Strong, B. Van Bocxlaer, C. Albrecht, T. Hauffe, T.J. Page, D.C. Aldridge, A.E. Bogan, Li-Na Du, M.R. Manuel-Santos, R.M. Marwoto, A.A. Shirokaya & T. Von Rintelen. (2020). Global diversification dynamics since the Jurassic: Low dispersal and habitat-dependent evolution explain hotspots of diversity and shell disparity in River Snails (Viviparidae). <em>Systematic Biology.</em> 69(5): 944-961., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syaa011 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Hirano, T.; Saito, T.; Tsunamoto, Y.; Koseki, J.; Prozorova, L.; Do, V. T.; Matsuoka, K.; Nakai, K.; Suyama, Y.; Chiba, S. (2019). Role of ancient lakes in genetic and phenotypic diversification of freshwater snails. <em>Molecular Ecology.</em> 28(23): 5032-5051., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15272 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 57 [details]
original description (of Heterogen turris Annandale, 1921) Annandale, T. N. (1921). Zoological results of a tour in the Far East. The viviparous water-snail of Lake Biwa, Japan. <em>Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 6 (7): 397-401. Calcutta. [22 August].
page(s): 400, fig. 1, 2 [details]
basis of record Köhler, F.; Rintelen, T. von. (2011). IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: <em>Heterogen longispira</em>. , available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/189576/0 [details]
additional source Stelbrink, B., R. Richter, F. Köhler, F. Riedel, E.E. Strong, B. Van Bocxlaer, C. Albrecht, T. Hauffe, T.J. Page, D.C. Aldridge, A.E. Bogan, Li-Na Du, M.R. Manuel-Santos, R.M. Marwoto, A.A. Shirokaya & T. Von Rintelen. (2020). Global diversification dynamics since the Jurassic: Low dispersal and habitat-dependent evolution explain hotspots of diversity and shell disparity in River Snails (Viviparidae). <em>Systematic Biology.</em> 69(5): 944-961., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syaa011 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hirano, T.; Saito, T.; Tsunamoto, Y.; Koseki, J.; Prozorova, L.; Do, V. T.; Matsuoka, K.; Nakai, K.; Suyama, Y.; Chiba, S. (2019). Role of ancient lakes in genetic and phenotypic diversification of freshwater snails. <em>Molecular Ecology.</em> 28(23): 5032-5051., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15272 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Endemic to the Biwa Lake, Japan [details]
