WoRMS taxon details
Variciscala de Boury, 1909
225247 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225247)
accepted
Genus
Scalaria raricosta Lamarck, 1804 accepted as Filiscala raricosta (Lamarck, 1804) (type by original designation)
- Species Variciscala raricostata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
- Species Variciscala immaculata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844) accepted as Epitonium immaculatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
- Species Variciscala kelea (Iredale, 1930) accepted as Variciscala raricostata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
- Species Variciscala martinii (W. Wood, 1828) accepted as Filiscala martinii (W. Wood, 1828) accepted as Filiscala raricosta (Lamarck, 1804)
- Species Variciscala reticulata (Y.-C. Lee & W.-L. Wu, 1998) accepted as Epitonium reticulatum Y.-C. Lee & W.-L. Wu, 1998
marine, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
(of Scala (Variciscala) de Boury, 1909) Boury, E. de. (1909). Catalogue des sous-genres de Scalidae. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 57(3): 255-258., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27393416
page(s): 258 [details]
page(s): 258 [details]
Note Brown & Neville [2015, Zootaxa, 3907(1): 31]...
Type species Brown & Neville [2015, Zootaxa, 3907(1): 31] argued that “Scalaria raricosta Lamarck” in the sense used after 1822 was not the same as Scalaria raricosta Lamarck, 1804, and that, because de Boury did not indicate a date for the type species of his new subgenus, it was thus based on a misidentification. They identified "Scalaria raricosta Lamarck, 1822" as "Scalaria raricostata G.B. Sowerby II, 1844" and, under Art. 70.3, fixed the latter as the type species of Variciscala. Their action is untenable: Variciscala is defined only by its inclusion of Scala raricosta Lamarck, and there is no basis for suspecting that de Boury had misidentified it. Furthermore, when he used the spelling Scalaria raricostata, Sowerby cited "Sc. raricosta Lamarck" in synonymy, and raricostata merely appears to be an unjustified emendation of raricosta. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Variciscala de Boury, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225247 on 2026-03-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scala (Variciscala) de Boury, 1909) Boury, E. de. (1909). Catalogue des sous-genres de Scalidae. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 57(3): 255-258., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27393416
page(s): 258 [details]
basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 258 [details]
basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Type species Brown & Neville [2015, Zootaxa, 3907(1): 31] argued that “Scalaria raricosta Lamarck” in the sense used after 1822 was not the same as Scalaria raricosta Lamarck, 1804, and that, because de Boury did not indicate a date for the type species of his new subgenus, it was thus based on a misidentification. They identified "Scalaria raricosta Lamarck, 1822" as "Scalaria raricostata G.B. Sowerby II, 1844" and, under Art. 70.3, fixed the latter as the type species of Variciscala. Their action is untenable: Variciscala is defined only by its inclusion of Scala raricosta Lamarck, and there is no basis for suspecting that de Boury had misidentified it. Furthermore, when he used the spelling Scalaria raricostata, Sowerby cited "Sc. raricosta Lamarck" in synonymy, and raricostata merely appears to be an unjustified emendation of raricosta. [details]
