WoRMS taxon details
Varicospira Eames, 1952
456535 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456535)
accepted
Genus
Strombus cancellatus Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Varicospira cancellata (Lamarck, 1816) (type by original designation)
Dientomochilus (Varicospira) Eames, 1952 · unaccepted (original rank)
- Species Varicospira cancellata (Lamarck, 1816)
- Species Varicospira crispata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
- Species Varicospira kooli Moolenbeek & H. Dekker, 2007
- Species Varicospira tyleri (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864)
- Species Varicospira lee Iredale, 1958 accepted as Varicospira cancellata (Lamarck, 1816)
- Species Varicospira speciosa (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
(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
[request]
page(s): 70 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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 2025-04-04
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
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 [request]
page(s): 70 [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
