| 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:
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Altivasum clarksoni is a species of deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Vasidae.
Altivasum flindersi is a species of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Vasidae.
Altivasum hedleyi is a species of deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Vasidae.
Altivasum pauladellaboscae is a species of deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Vasidae.
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