Varicoturris
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Varicoturris is a genus of land snail
s in the family Spiraxidae
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subgenus Vericoturris Pilsbry, 1907
subgenus Streptostylella Pilsbry, 1908
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
s in the family Spiraxidae
Spiraxidae
Spiraxidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the clade Eupulmonata .- 2005 taxonomy :...
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Distribution
Distribution of the genus Varicoturris include Mexico and Guatemala.Species
There are five species within two subgenera in the genus Varicoturris and they include:subgenus Vericoturris Pilsbry, 1907
- Varicoturris dubia (Pfeiffer, 1856)
- Varicoturris flammulata (H. B. Baker, 1941)
- Varicoturris huehuetenangoensis (Thompson, 1995)
- Varicoturris pycnoptyx (Thompson, 1995)
subgenus Streptostylella Pilsbry, 1908
- Varicoturris botteriana (Crosse & Fischer, 1869)