Varicoturris

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title: "Varicoturris" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["spiraxidae", "gastropod-genera"] description: "Genus of gastropods" topic_path: "general/spiraxidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varicoturris" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of gastropods ::

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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.

Species

There are five species within two subgenera in the genus Varicoturris:

Subgenus Vericoturris Pilsbry, 1907

• Varicoturris dubia (Pfeiffer, 1856)
• Varicoturris flammulata (H. B. Baker, 1941)
• Varicoturris huehuetenangoensis (Thompson, 1995)
• Varicoturris pycnoptyx (Thompson, 1995)

Subgenus Streptostylella Pilsbry, 1908

• Varicoturris botteriana (Crosse & Fischer, 1869)

References

References

1. Pilsbry H. A. (1907). ''[[Manual of Conchology]]'' (2)'''19''': 161.
2. Thompson F. G. (16 June 2008). [http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/malacology/mexico-central_america_snail_checklist/index.htm "AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LAND AND FRESHWATER SNAILS OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA"]. [http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/malacology/mexico-central_america_snail_checklist/part4.htm "PART 4 PULMONATA (ACHATINOIDEA-SAGDOIDEA)"]. accessed 18 January 2011.

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