Varicospira

Varicospira
Varicospira kooli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Rimellidae
Genus: Varicospira
Eames, 1952
Type species
Strombus cancellatus Lamarck, 1816

Varicospira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Rimellidae within the Stromboidea, the true conchs and their allies.[1]

Distribution

Species of this genus occur in the Central Indo-west Pacific and off Australia (Queensland, Western Australia)

Species

Species 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 integra (A. von Koenen, 1889)
  • Varicospira javana (K.Martin, 1879)
  • Varicospira kooli Moolenbeek & Dekker, 2007[2]
  • Varicospira longirostra (Pannekoek, 1936)
  • Varicospira marjae Dekkers, 2026
  • Varicospira mordax (K.Martin, 1916)
  • † Varicospira rakhiensis (F.E. Eames, 1952)
  • Varicospira reticulata Raven, 2021
  • † Varicospira sokkohensis (K. Martin, 1916)
  • † Varicospira spinifera (Martin, 1899)
  • † 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 formosana (M. Yokoyama, 1928) (synonym of † Rostellaria (Rimella) spinifera var. formosana Yokoyama, 1928 (uncertain > unassessed)
  • † Varicospira gerthi (A. Pannekoek, 1936) : synonym of † Dientomochilus gerthi (Pannekoek, 1936)
  • Varicospira lee Iredale, 1958: synonym of Varicospira cancellata (Lamarck, 1816) (nomen dubium)
  • † Varicospira martini (A. Pannekoek, 1936) : synonym of † Dientomochilus martini (Pannekoek, 1936)
  • † Varicospira narica (E.W. Vredenburg, 1925 ) : synonym of † Rimella subrimosa var. narica Vredenburg, 1925
  • † Varicospira rembangensis (A. Pannekoek, 1936): synonym of † Dientomochilus rembangensis (Pannekoek, 1936)
  • † Varicospira semicancellata (Martin, 1899): synonym of † Rimella semicancellata (K. Martin, 1899)
  • † Varicospira sindiensis (E.W. Vredenburg, 1925): synonym of † Rostellaria sindiensis Vredenburg, 1925
  • Varicospira speciosa (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864) (nomen dubium)
  • † Varicospira subrimosa (A.V.M.D. D'Orbigny, 1852): synonym of † Rimella subrimosa (d'Orbigny, 1847)


References

  1. ^ 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 .
  2. ^ Varicospira kooli Moolenbeek & Dekker, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
  • 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
  • Liverani V. (2014) The superfamily Stromboidea. Addenda and corrigenda. In: G.T. Poppe, K. Groh & C. Renker (eds), A conchological iconography. pp. 1-54, pls 131-164. Harxheim: Conchbooks.


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