Vasum rhinoceros, common name the rhinoceros vase snail or rhinoceros vase shell, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk within the family Turbinellidae.[1][2]
| Vasum rhinoceros | |
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| Vasum rhinoceros in a tide pool in Mombasa, Kenya, Africa | |
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. rhinoceros
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| Binomial name | |
| Vasum rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Voluta rhinoceros Gmelin, 1791 · | |
- Subspecies
- Vasum rhinoceros attolinoi T. Cossignani, 2017
- Vasum rhinoceros rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791)
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Description edit
The length of the shell: up to 90 mm, similar to Vasum turbinellus, in shape, but more rosy pink with light brown patches. The parietal wall is yellow-brown.The columella is wide, orange pink, with only three folds and large nodules on the shoulder. (Richmond, 1997).
Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Western Indian Ocean off Tanzania and Kenya.
Habitat edit
Shallow, rocky, sandy substrata.
References edit
- ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2011). Vasum rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211102 on 2011-12-14
- ^ "Vasum rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791)".
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vasum rhinoceros.
- Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
- Abbott, R. T. (1959). The family Vasidae in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca. 1 (1): 15-32
- "Vasum (Vasum) rhinoceros rhinoceros". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.