Biology:Varicoturris
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Short description: Genus of gastropods
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Subfamily: | Euglandininae
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| Genus: | Varicoturris Pilsbry, 1907[1]
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| 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q7915851 entry
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