Varicoglandina

Varicoglandina
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:	Varicoglandina Pilsbry, 1908 [1]
Diversity [2]
5 species

Varicoglandina is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Varicoglandina includes Mexico and Guatemala. ^[2]

Species

There are five species in the genus Varicoglandina: ^[2]

• Varicoglandina constricta (Thompson, 1995)
• Varicoglandina monilifera (Pfeiffer, 1845)
  • Varicoglandina monilifera rubella (Morelet, 1849)
• Varicoglandina nana (Shuttleworth, 1852)
• Varicoglandina rubiginosa (Thompson, 1995)
• Varicoglandina stigmatica (Shuttleworth, 1852)

References

1. Pilsbry H. A. (1908). Manual of Conchology (2)19: 204.
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.