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 cancellatusLamarck, 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)^{[ citation needed ]}
• 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 ^{[ citation needed ]}
• 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. formosanaYokoyama, 1928 (uncertain > unassessed)
• † Varicospira gerthi(A. Pannekoek, 1936) : synonym of † Dientomochilus gerthi (Pannekoek, 1936)
• Varicospira leeIredale, 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. naricaVredenburg, 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. 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.

External links

• 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