Varicoglandina

Varicoglandina is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.

Varicoglandina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Testacelloidea
Family:
Spiraxidae
Subfamily:
Euglandininae
Genus:
Varicoglandina

Diversity[2]
5 species

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
  1. Pilsbry H. A. (1908). Manual of Conchology (2)19: 204.
  2. 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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