Varicoturris
Genus of gastropods
| Varicoturris | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Testacelloidea |
| Family: | Spiraxidae |
| Subfamily: | Euglandininae |
| Genus: | Varicoturris Pilsbry, 1907[1] |
| Diversity[2] | |
| 5 species | |
Varicoturris is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.
Distribution
The distribution of the genus Varicoturris includes Mexico and Guatemala.[2]
Species
There are five[2] species within two[2] subgenera in the genus Varicoturris:
Subgenus Vericoturris Pilsbry, 1907
- Varicoturris dubia (Pfeiffer, 1856)[2]
- Varicoturris flammulata (H. B. Baker, 1941)[2]
- Varicoturris huehuetenangoensis (Thompson, 1995)[2]
- Varicoturris pycnoptyx (Thompson, 1995)[2]
Subgenus Streptostylella Pilsbry, 1908[2]
- Varicoturris botteriana (Crosse & Fischer, 1869)[2]
References
- ^ Pilsbry H. A. (1907). Manual of Conchology (2)19: 161.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Thompson F. G. (16 June 2008). "AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LAND AND FRESHWATER SNAILS OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA". "PART 4 PULMONATA (ACHATINOIDEA-SAGDOIDEA)". accessed 18 January 2011.
