{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Varicoturris | authority = Pilsbry, 1907<ref>Pilsbry H. A. (1907). ''Manual of Conchology'' (2)'''19''': 161.</ref> | diversity_link = #Species | diversity_ref = <ref name="Thompson 2008"/> | diversity = 5 species }}

'''''Varicoturris''''' is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.

== Distribution == The distribution of the genus ''Varicoturris'' includes Mexico and Guatemala.<ref name="Thompson 2008">Thompson F. G. (16 June 2008). [http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/malacology/mexico-central_america_snail_checklist/index.htm "AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LAND AND FRESHWATER SNAILS OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA"]. [http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/malacology/mexico-central_america_snail_checklist/part4.htm "PART 4 PULMONATA (ACHATINOIDEA-SAGDOIDEA)"]. accessed 18 January 2011.</ref>

== Species == There are five<ref name="Thompson 2008"/> species within two<ref name="Thompson 2008"/> subgenera in the genus ''Varicoturris'':

Subgenus ''Vericoturris'' Pilsbry, 1907 * ''Varicoturris dubia'' (Pfeiffer, 1856)<ref name="Thompson 2008"/> * ''Varicoturris flammulata'' (H. B. Baker, 1941)<ref name="Thompson 2008"/> * ''Varicoturris huehuetenangoensis'' (Thompson, 1995)<ref name="Thompson 2008"/> * ''Varicoturris pycnoptyx'' (Thompson, 1995)<ref name="Thompson 2008"/>

Subgenus ''Streptostylella'' Pilsbry, 1908<ref name="Thompson 2008"/> * ''Varicoturris botteriana'' (Crosse & Fischer, 1869)<ref name="Thompson 2008"/>

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Category:Spiraxidae Category:Gastropod genera Category:Taxa named by Henry Augustus Pilsbry