Varicoturris

Varicoturris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
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

1. Pilsbry H. A. (1907). Manual of Conchology (2)19: 161.
2. 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.