''Varicoturris'' is a genus of predatory air-breathing

land snail A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...

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pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusks in the family

Spiraxidae Spiraxidae is a family of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the superfamily Testacelloidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Distribution The distribution of th ...

Distribution

The distribution of the genus ''Varicoturris'' includes Mexico and

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"AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LAND AND FRESHWATER SNAILS OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA"
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Species

There are five species within two subgenera in the genus ''Varicoturris'': 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)

References

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