Funa variabilis

Funa variabilis
	Shell of Inquisitor variabilis (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Funa
Species:	F. variabilis
Binomial name
	Funa variabilis; (E. A. Smith, 1877)
Synonyms
	Drillia variabilis (E. A. Smith, 1877); Inquisitor variabilis (E. A. Smith, 1877); Pleurotoma variabilis E. A. Smith, 1877;

Funa variabilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.

Description

The shell is yellowish brown, sometimes irregularly maculated with chestnut, with chestnut spots on a narrow band below the suture. The spire is long and turreted. It is slightly umbilicated. The large sinus is ascending.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Andaman Islands.

References

1 2 Funa variabilis (E. A. Smith, 1877). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 December 2025.
↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Smith, E.A. (1877). "Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (19): 488–501.
Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

External links

Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.

[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Funa variabilis (E. A. Smith, 1877). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 December 2025.

[2] G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Taxon identifiers
Funa variabilis	Wikidata: Q137387333 CoL: 9GJW3 GBIF (old): 11431722 WoRMS: 1597933
Inquisitor variabilis	Wikidata: Q3719282 CoL: 3PSHC GBIF (old): 6125420 IRMNG: 11775806 Open Tree of Life: 2905762 SeaLifeBase: 99414 TaiCOL: t0066295 WoRMS: 434090

Funa variabilis

Shell of Inquisitor variabilis (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Funa
Species:	F. variabilis
Binomial name
*Funa variabilis* (E. A. Smith, 1877)
Synonyms
Drillia variabilis (E. A. Smith, 1877) Inquisitor variabilis (E. A. Smith, 1877) Pleurotoma variabilis E. A. Smith, 1877