Varicospira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Rostellariidae within the Stromboidea, the true conchs and their allies.[1]
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| Varicospira kooli | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
| Family: | Rostellariidae |
| Genus: | Varicospira Eames, 1952 |
| Type species | |
| Strombus cancellatus Lamarck, 1816 | |
Distribution
editSpecies of this genus occur in the Central Indo-west Pacific and off Australia (Queensland, Western Australia)
Species
editSpecies within the genus Varicospira include:
- Varicospira bekenuensis Raven, 2021
- Varicospira cancellata (Lamarck, 1816)
- Varicospira crispata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
- † Varicospira decussata (J.L.M. Defrance in B. de Basterot, 1825 )
- Varicospira formosana (M. Yokoyama, 1928)
- † Varicospira gerthi (A. Pannekoek, 1936)
- † Varicospira integra (A. von Koenen, 1889)
- Varicospira javana (K.Martin, 1879)
- Varicospira kooli Moolenbeek & Dekker, 2007[2]
- Varicospira longirostra (Pannekoek, 1936)
- † Varicospira martini (A. Pannekoek, 1936)
- Varicospira mordax (K.Martin, 1916)
- † Varicospira narica (E.W. Vredenburg, 1925 )
- † Varicospira rakhiensis (F.E. Eames, 1952)
- † Varicospira rembangensis (A. Pannekoek, 1936)
- Varicospira reticulata Raven, 2021
- † Varicospira semicancellata (Martin, 1899)
- † Varicospira sindiensis (E.W. Vredenburg, 1925)
- † Varicospira spinifera (Martin, 1899)
- † Varicospira subrimosa (A.V.M.D. D'Orbigny, 1852)
- † Varicospira tenuiincisus (F.E. Eames, 1952)
- † Varicospira toyamaensis (K. Tsuda, 1959
- Varicospira tyleri (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864)
- Varicospira zuschini Harzhauser, 2007
- Species brought into synonymy
- Varicospira lee Iredale, 1958: synonym of Varicospira cancellata (Lamarck, 1816)
- Nomen dubium
- Varicospira speciosa (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864)
References
edit- ^ a b Varicospira Eames, 1952. WoRMS (2010). Varicospira Eames, 1952. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456535 on 27 June 2010 .
- ^ Varicospira kooli Moolenbeek & Dekker, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
- F. E. Eames. 1952. A contribution to the study of the Eocene in Western Pakistan and Western India: C. The description of the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda from standard sections in the Rakhi Nala and Zindar Pir areas of the Western Punjab and in the Kohat District. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 236:1-168
- M. Harzhauser. 2007. Oligocene and Aquitanian gastropod faunas from the Sultanate of Oman and their biogeographic implications for the western Indo-Pacific. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 280:75-121
- M. Harzhauser, M. Euter, W. E. Piller, B. Berning, A. Kroh and O. Mandic. 2009. Oligocene and Early Miocene gastropods from Kutch (NW India) document an early biogeographic switch from Western Tethys to Indo-Pacific. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 83:333-372
- H. S. Ladd. 1972. Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Turritellidae through Strombidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 532:1-79
- H. S. Ladd. 1982. Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Volutidae through Terebridae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1171:1-100
- J. J. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560