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Vasum aquitanicum

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Vasum aquitanicum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Turbinellidae
Subfamily: Vasinae
Genus: Vasum
Species:
V. aquitanicum
Binomial name
Vasum aquitanicum
Peyrot 1928
Synonyms

Vasum subpugillare mut. aquitanicum Peyrot, 1928 (basionym)

Vasum aquitanicum is an extinct species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae. [1] [2]

Description

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Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species have been found in Oligocene of the Adour region in France.

References

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  1. ^ Fossilworks: Vasum aquitanicum
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vasum aquitanicum Peyrot, 1928 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1551533 on 2023-01-24
  • 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
  • Lozouet, P. (2021). Turbinelloidea, Mitroidea, Olivoidea, Babyloniidae et Harpidae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda) de l'Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l'Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 23: 3-69.
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