Marine Species Traits - Varicospira Eames, 1952

WoRMS taxon details

Varicospira Eames, 1952

AphiaID

456535 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456535)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Strombus cancellatus Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Varicospira cancellata (Lamarck, 1816) (type by original designation)

Parent

Rostellariidae Gabb, 1868

Original name

Dientomochilus (Varicospira) Eames, 1952

Synonymised names

Dientomochilus (Varicospira) Eames, 1952 · unaccepted (original rank)

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Species Varicospira bekenuensis Raven, 2021 †
Species Varicospira cancellata (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Varicospira crispata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
Species Varicospira javana (K. Martin, 1879) †
Species Varicospira kooli Moolenbeek & H. Dekker, 2007
Species Varicospira longirostra (Pannekoek, 1936) †
Species Varicospira mordax (K. Martin, 1916) †
Species Varicospira reticulata Raven, 2021 †
Species Varicospira sokkohensis (K. Martin, 1916) †
Species Varicospira tyleri (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864)
Species Varicospira zuschini Harzhauser, 2007 †
Species Varicospira lee Iredale, 1958 accepted as Varicospira cancellata (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Varicospira speciosa (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864) (uncertain > nomen dubium)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

(of Dientomochilus (Varicospira) Eames, 1952) Eames, F. E. (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 Zinda Pir areas of the western Punjab and in the Kohat District. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 236 (631): 1-168, pl. 1-6., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1952.0001
page(s): 70 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Varicospira Eames, 1952. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456535 on 2025-05-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-02-11 14:10:23Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-10-12 15:33:09Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2010-11-01 21:41:55Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2013-05-07 06:57:12Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2021-12-02 08:35:36Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Dientomochilus (Varicospira) Eames, 1952) Eames, F. E. (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 Zinda Pir areas of the western Punjab and in the Kohat District. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 236 (631): 1-168, pl. 1-6., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1952.0001
page(s): 70 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomy

taxonomy source Liverani V. (2014) The superfamily Stromboidea. Addenda and corrigenda. In: G.T. Poppe, K. Groh & C. Renker (eds), <i>A conchological iconography</i>. pp. 1-54, pls 131-164. Harxheim: Conchbooks. [details]

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Varicospira)
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