Afrivasum zanzibaricum

Afrivasum zanzibaricum
Shell of Afrivasum zanzibaricum (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Vasidae
Genus:	Afrivasum
Species:	A. zanzibaricum
Binomial name
Afrivasum zanzibaricum (Abbott, 1958)
Synonyms [1]
Tudicula zanzibaricaAbbott, 1958 Tudivasum zanzibaricum(Abbott, 1958) superseded combination

Afrivasum zanzibaricum, common name the Zanzibar tudicula, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Vasidae. ^[1]

Description

The shell can reach a length of 53 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Zanzibar.

References

1. Afrivasum zanzibaricum (Abbott, 1958) . 13 February 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

• Harasewych, M.G. (1997). The life and malacological contributions of R. Tucker Abbott (1919–1995). The Nautilus 110 (2): 55–77

External links

• Abbott, R.T. (1958). "A new Recent species of Tudicula from Zanzibar (Gastropoda: Vasidae)". Notulae Naturae [Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia]. 305.
• Zheng, Y.; Maxwell, S. J.; Dekkers, A. M. (2026). "New genera within the Vasidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (Gastropoda, Turbinelloidea)". Acta Malacologica Inquisitionis. 2 (2): 111.
• "Tudivasum zanzibarica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 May 2011.