original description
Starobogatov, Ya. I. (1986). Generic composition of the family Viviparidae (Gastropoda Pectinibranchia Vivipariformes). In: Starobogatov, Ya. I. (Ed.), New data on the taxonomy and ecology of molluscs. <em>Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR.</em> 135 [1985]: 26-32. Leningrad [31 January]. [in Russian].
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From editor or global species database
Synonymy This genus was erected on weak grounds and might be a junior synonym of Viviparus, but there is neither a discussion of it in the literature nor is it used by researchers. A formal decision on the potential synonymy is still pending. [details]