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