Variciscala

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Epitoniidae		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Epitonioidea Rank Genus
Similar Gyroscala lamellosa, Epitonium scalare, Epitonium, Wentletrap

Variciscala is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.

Species

Species within the genus Variciscala include:

Variciscala raricostata (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

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