Varicoglandina
| Varicoglandina | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Testacelloidea |
| Family: | Spiraxidae |
| Subfamily: | Euglandininae |
| Genus: | Varicoglandina Pilsbry, 1908[1] |
| Diversity[2] | |
| 5 species | |
Varicoglandina is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.
Distribution
The distribution of the genus Varicoglandina includes Mexico and Guatemala.[2]
Species
There are five[2] species in the genus Varicoglandina:
- Varicoglandina constricta (Thompson, 1995)[2]
- Varicoglandina monilifera (Pfeiffer, 1845)[2]
- Varicoglandina monilifera rubella (Morelet, 1849)[2]
- Varicoglandina nana (Shuttleworth, 1852)[2]
- Varicoglandina rubiginosa (Thompson, 1995)[2]
- Varicoglandina stigmatica (Shuttleworth, 1852)[2]
References
- ↑ Pilsbry H. A. (1908). Manual of Conchology (2)19: 204.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Thompson F. G. (16 June 2008). "AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LAND AND FRESHWATER SNAILS OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA". "PART 4 PULMONATA (ACHATINOIDEA-SAGDOIDEA)". accessed 18 January 2011.
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