''Variciscala'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of small
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
s in the
family
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Epitoniidae
Wentletraps are small, often white, very high-spired, predatory or ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae.Gofas, S. (2010). Epitoniidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusc ...
, 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:
* ''
Variciscala raricostata
''Variciscala'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the family (biology), family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.Bouchet, P. (2014). Variciscala de Boury, 1909. Accessed through: World Register ...
''
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
;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
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp
Epitoniidae
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