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Vasum capitellum

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Vasum capitellum
Shell of Vasum capitellum (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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. capitellum
Binomial name
Vasum capitellum
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex capitellum Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
  • Turbinella mitis Lamarck, 1822
  • Volutella rubescens Perry, 1811

Vasum capitellum, common name the helmet vase, is a species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae.[1]

Shell description

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The length of the shell varies between 33 mm and 79.6 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea.

Fossils have been found in Quaternary strata of the Dominican Republic (age range: 2.588 to 0.012 Ma)

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vasum capitellum (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533593 on 2023-01-28
  • A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.
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