| Varicospira | |
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| Varicospira kooli | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
| Family: | Rostellariidae |
| Genus: | Varicospira Eames, 1952 |
| Type species | |
| Strombus cancellatusLamarck, 1816 | |
Varicospira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Rostellariidae within the Stromboidea, the true conchs and their allies. [1]
Species of this genus occur in the Central Indo-west Pacific and off Australia (Queensland, Western Australia)
Species within the genus Varicospira include:
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