Variciscala
| Variciscala | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | Epitoniidae |
| Genus: | Variciscala de Boury, 1909 |
| Type species | |
| Scalaria raricosta Lamarck, 1804 | |
| Species | |
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Variciscala is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.[1]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Variciscala include:
- Variciscala raricostata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Variciscala kelea (Iredale, 1930): synonym of Variciscala raricostata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
- Variciscala martinii (W. Wood, 1828): synonym of Filiscala martinii (W. Wood, 1828), synonym of Filiscala raricosta (Lamarck, 1804)
- Variciscala reticulata (Lee & Wu, 1998): synonym of Epitonium reticulatum Lee & Wu, 1998
References
[edit]- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2014). Variciscala de Boury, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225247 on 2015-02-22
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp