Vasum
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| A live but retracted individual of Vasum rhinoceras in a tide pool in Mombasa, Kenya, Africa | |
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| Genus: | Vasum
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| Murex ceramicus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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Vasum, common name the vase snails or vase shells, is a genus of mostly rather large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the family Turbinellidae.[1]
Shell description
Shells of species in this genus are usually somewhat large, and are usually very thick and heavy. They are often vase-shaped, in the sense that the shell of most of the species is more or less widely conical. The shells have a thick periostracum, a low spires, and 2, 3 or 4 plaits on the columella.
Species
Species within the genus Vasum include:
- Vasum caestus (Broderip, 1833)
- Vasum capitellum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Vasum cassiforme (Kiener, 1840)
- Vasum ceramicum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Vasum globulus (Lamarck, 1816)
- Vasum latiriforme Rehder & Abbott, 1951
- Vasum muricatum (Born, 1778)
- Vasum rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791)
- Vasum suwanneensis Petuch, 1997 (Extinct)
- Vasum truncatum (G.B. Sowerby III, 1892)
- Vasum tubiferum (Anton, 1838)
- Vasum turbinellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Vasum aldridgei Nowell-Usticke, 1969: synonym of Attiliosa aldridgei (Nowell-Usticke, 1969)
- Vasum castaneum Röding, 1798: synonym of Thais (Thalessa) tuberosa (Röding, 1798)
- Vasum flindersi Verco, 1914: synonym of Altivasum flindersi (Verco, 1914)
- Vasum turbinellum [sic] accepted as Vasum turbinellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Vasum urna Röding, 1798 accepted as Vasum muricatum (Born, 1778)
References
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2011). Vasum Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205505 on 15 April 2012