New insights from museum specimens: a case of Viviparidae (Caenogastropoda: Mollusca) in Iwakawa's collection preserved in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo.

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Background

In this study, we clarify the classification of museum specimens of the family Viviparidae, which is composed of six species/subspecies in Japan, including three endangered species. We examined Viviparus sclateri specimens from the Tomotaro Iwakawa collection (1855-1933) in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo. The Iwakawa's collection was catalogued in 1919 and Viviparus sclateri, labelled with Naga-tanishi, the current Japanese name for H. longispira, which was, at the time, equivalent to Viviparus sclateri, was listed in this catalogue. The catalogue noted localities of Viviparus sclateri (Naga-tanishi) from outside Lake Biwa, including occurrences in Lake Kasumigaura and Lake Suwa. However, Heterogen longispira (N

SUBMITTER: Saito T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7769901 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature