Heterogen

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viviparoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Architaenioglossa
Superfamilia: Viviparoidea

Familia: Viviparidae
Subfamilia: Bellamyinae
Genus:
Species: H. japonica – H. longispira – †H. praelongispira

Name

Heterogen Annandale, 1921

Typus Heterogen turris Annandale, 1921 (=Heterogen longispira)

References

Primary references

  • Annandale, T. N. 1921. Zoological results of a tour in the Far East. The viviparous water-snail of Lake Biwa, Japan. Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 6(7): 397-401. Reference page. 

Additional references

  • Matsuoka, K. & Hirano, T. 2020. A new species of the genus Heterogen (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Viviparidae) from the Pleistocene Katata Formation of the Kobiwako Group, Shiga Prefecture, central Japan. Plankton and Benthos Research. 15(3): 232-237.DOI: 10.3800/pbr.15.232 Reference page. 
  • Hirano T., Saito T., Tsunamoto Y., Koseki J., ProzorovaL. , Van Tu Do, Matsuoka K., Nakai K., Suyama Y. & Chiba S. 2019. Role of ancient lakes in genetic and phenotypic diversification of freshwater snails. Molecular Ecology. 28(23): 5032-5051. DOI: 10.1111/mec.15272.