Vasum aquitanicum is an extinct species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae. [1] [2]
| Vasum aquitanicum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Turbinellidae |
| Subfamily: | Vasinae |
| Genus: | Vasum |
| Species: | †V. aquitanicum
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| Binomial name | |
| †Vasum aquitanicum Peyrot 1928
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| Synonyms | |
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† Vasum subpugillare mut. aquitanicum Peyrot, 1928 (basionym) | |
Description edit
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Distribution edit
Fossils of this marine species have been found in Oligocene of the Adour region in France.
References edit
- ^ Fossilworks: Vasum aquitanicum
- ^ 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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