Variciscala

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

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| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Mollusca

| classis = Gastropoda

| unranked_superfamilia = clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

informal group Ptenoglossa

| superfamilia = Epitonioidea

| familia = Epitoniidae

| genus = Variciscala

| genus_authority = de Boury, 1909

| subdivision_ranks = Species

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Variciscala is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.Bouchet, P. (2014). Variciscala de Boury, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225247 on 2015-02-22

Species

Species within the genus Variciscala include:

;Species brought into synonymy:

  • Variciscala kelea (Iredale, 1930): synonym of Variciscala raricostata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
  • Variciscala martinii (W. Wood, 1828): synonym of Filiscala martinii (W. Wood, 1828), synonym of Filiscala raricosta (Lamarck, 1804)
  • Variciscala reticulata (Lee & Wu, 1998): synonym of Epitonium reticulatum Lee & Wu, 1998

References

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  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). {{ISBN|0-915826-22-4}}. XII, 195 pp

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Category:Epitoniidae

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