Vasum turbinellus is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Turbinellidae.[1]

Vasum turbinellus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Turbinellidae
Subfamily: Vasinae
Genus: Vasum
Species:
V. turbinellus
Binomial name
Vasum turbinellus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Murex turbinellus Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
  • Turbinella cornigera Lamarck, 1822
  • Turbinella variolaris Lamarck, 1822
  • Vasum nigra G. Perry, 1811
  • Vasum turbinellum [sic] (misspelling)
  • Vasum variolaris J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1822
  • Volutella nigra Perry, 1811
  • Vasum nigricans G. Perry, 1811

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 36.7 mm and 86 mm.

The shell is yellowish white and chestnut-black, stained and obscurely banded. The aperture is yellowish white. The border of the outer lip is black-spotted.[2]

Distribution

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The species is found in Western Africa, Indian Ocean, Malesia,the Philippines,Indonesia, New Caledonia, the South China Sea, Australia.[1]

Fossils have been found in Quaternary strata of Saudi Arabia (age range: 0.126 to 0.012 Ma).

References

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  1. ^ a b "Vasum turbinellus (Linnaeus, 1758)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  2. ^ Tryon (1882), Manual of Conchology IV
  • Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1–160.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
  • B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221
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