Varicospira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Rimellidae within the Stromboidea, the true conchs and their allies.
Distribution Species of this genus occur in the Central Indo-west Pacific and off Australia (Queensland, Western Australia)
Species Species within the genus Varicospira include: Varicospira bekenuensis Raven, 2021 Varicospira cancellata (Lamarck, 1816) Varicospira crispata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) † Varicospira decussata (J.L.M. Defrance in B. de Basterot, 1825 ) † Varicospira integra (A. von Koenen, 1889) Varicospira javana (K.Martin, 1879) Varicospira kooli Moolenbeek & Dekker, 2007 Varicospira longirostra (Pannekoek, 1936) Varicospira marjae Dekkers, 2026 Varicospira mordax (K.Martin, 1916) † Varicospira rakhiensis (F.E. Eames, 1952) Varicospira reticulata Raven, 2021
† Varicospira sokkohensis (K. Martin, 1916) † Varicospira spinifera (Martin, 1899) † Varicospira tenuiincisus (F.E. Eames, 1952) † Varicospira toyamaensis (K. Tsuda, 1959 Varicospira tyleri (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864) Varicospira zuschini Harzhauser, 2007
Species brought into synonymy Varicospira formosana (M. Yokoyama, 1928) (synonym of † Rostellaria (Rimella) spinifera var. formosana Yokoyama, 1928 (uncertain > unassessed) † Varicospira gerthi (A. Pannekoek, 1936) : synonym of † Dientomochilus gerthi (Pannekoek, 1936) Varicospira lee Iredale, 1958: synonym of Varicospira cancellata (Lamarck, 1816) (nomen dubium) † Varicospira martini (A. Pannekoek, 1936) : synonym of † Dientomochilus martini (Pannekoek, 1936) † Varicospira narica (E.W. Vredenburg, 1925 ) : synonym of † Rimella subrimosa var. narica Vredenburg, 1925 † Varicospira rembangensis (A. Pannekoek, 1936): synonym of † Dientomochilus rembangensis (Pannekoek, 1936) † Varicospira semicancellata (Martin, 1899): synonym of † Rimella semicancellata (K. Martin, 1899) † Varicospira sindiensis (E.W. Vredenburg, 1925): synonym of † Rostellaria sindiensis Vredenburg, 1925 Varicospira speciosa (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864) (nomen dubium) † Varicospira subrimosa (A.V.M.D. D'Orbigny, 1852): synonym of † Rimella subrimosa (d'Orbigny, 1847)
References
M. Harzhauser. 2007. Oligocene and Aquitanian gastropod faunas from the Sultanate of Oman and their biogeographic implications for the western Indo-Pacific. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 280:75-121 M. Harzhauser, M. Euter, W. E. Piller, B. Berning, A. Kroh and O. Mandic. 2009. Oligocene and Early Miocene gastropods from Kutch (NW India) document an early biogeographic switch from Western Tethys to Indo-Pacific. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 83:333-372 H. S. Ladd. 1972. Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Turritellidae through Strombidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 532:1-79 H. S. Ladd. 1982. Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Volutidae through Terebridae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1171:1-100 J. J. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 Liverani V. (2014) The superfamily Stromboidea. Addenda and corrigenda. In: G.T. Poppe, K. Groh & C. Renker (eds), A conchological iconography. pp. 1-54, pls 131-164. Harxheim: Conchbooks.
External links F. E. Eames. 1952. A contribution to the study of the Eocene in Western Pakistan and Western India: C. The description of the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda from standard sections in the Rakhi Nala and Zindar Pir areas of the Western Punjab and in the Kohat District. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 236:1-168