Altivasum | |
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Shell of Altivasum flindersi (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
Family: | Vasidae |
Genus: | Altivasum Hedley, 1914 |
Type species | |
Latirus aurantiacus Verco, 1895 | |
Species | |
See text | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Vasum (Altivasum)Hedley, 1914 |
Altivasum is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinellidae. [1]
(Original description) This newly identified genus is characterized by its elevated spire, hollow axis, and three distinct plaits on the lower columella. [2]
Species within the genus Altivasum include: