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Heterogen longispira (E. A. Smith, 1886)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Heterogen longispira (E. A. Smith, 1886)
Name authority
(E. A. Smith, 1886)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Architaenioglossa
Family
Viviparidae
Genus
Heterogen
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumMollusca
  4. classGastropoda Cuvier, 1795
  5. subclassCaenogastropoda L. R. Cox, 1960
  6. orderArchitaenioglossa Haller, 1892
  7. superfamilyViviparoidea J. E. Gray, 1847
  8. familyViviparidae J. E. Gray, 1847
  9. subfamilyBellamyinae Rohrbach, 1937
  10. genusHeterogen Annandale, 1921
  11. speciesHeterogen longispira (E. A. Smith, 1886)

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

Browse 3 records assigned to Viviparidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Heterogen turris Annandale, 1921 Annandale, 1921synonym
Paludina longispira E. A. Smith, 1886 E. A. Smith, 1886ambiguous synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1252864 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3L9JQ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.