MolluscaBase - Varicella (Varicella) L. Pfeiffer, 1854

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Varicella (Varicella) L. Pfeiffer, 1854

AphiaID

997866 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:997866)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Varicella L. Pfeiffer, 1854

Rank

Subgenus

Type taxon

Voluta leucozonia Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Varicella leucozonias (Gmelin, 1791) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Varicella L. Pfeiffer, 1854

Original name

Achatina (Varicella) L. Pfeiffer, 1854

Direct children (11)

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Species Varicella (Varicella) clappi Pilsbry, 1907 accepted as Euvaricella clappi (Pilsbry, 1907) (original combination)
Species Varicella (Varicella) cochlidium Pilsbry, 1907 accepted as Euvaricella cochlidium (Pilsbry, 1907) (original combination)
Species Varicella (Varicella) similaris Pilsbry, 1907 accepted as Euvaricella similaris (Pilsbry, 1907) (original combination)
Species Varicella (Varicella) similis (C. B. Adams, 1850) accepted as Euvaricella biplicatula dissimilis (Pilsbry, 1909) (junior homonym of Achatina similis de Boissy, 1848)
Species Varicella (Varicella) spina Pilsbry, 1907 accepted as Euvaricella spina (Pilsbry, 1907) (original combination)
Species Varicella (Varicella) caymanensis Pilsbry, 1942 represented as Varicella caymanensis Pilsbry, 1942
Species Varicella (Varicella) deflorescens (Vendryes, 1901) represented as Varicella deflorescens (Vendryes, 1901)
Species Varicella (Varicella) dominicensis (Gmelin, 1791) represented as Varicella dominicensis (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Varicella (Varicella) leucozonias (Gmelin, 1791) represented as Varicella leucozonias (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Varicella (Varicella) pinchoti Pilsbry, 1930 represented as Varicella pinchoti Pilsbry, 1930
Species Varicella (Varicella) denticulata (Weinland, 1880) accepted as Varicella denticulata (Weinland, 1880) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

(of Achatina (Varicella) L. Pfeiffer, 1854) Pfeiffer, L. (1854). Zur Molluskenfauna der Insel Cuba. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 1: 170-213., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15864633
page(s): 172 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Varicella (Varicella) L. Pfeiffer, 1854. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=997866 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-06-15 08:11:33Z

created

Bank, Ruud

2017-12-19 08:11:38Z

changed

Bank, Ruud

2025-05-17 13:40:18Z

changed

Neubert, Eike

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description (of Achatina (Varicella) L. Pfeiffer, 1854) Pfeiffer, L. (1854). Zur Molluskenfauna der Insel Cuba. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 1: 170-213., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15864633
page(s): 172 [details]