Globivasum capitellum

Globivasum capitellum
Shell of Globivasum capitellum (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Vasidae
Genus:	Globivasum
Species:	G. capitellum
Binomial name
Globivasum capitellum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms [1]
Murex capitellumLinnaeus, 1758 (original combination) Turbinella bilamillataRisso, 1826 junior subjective synonym Turbinella mitisLamarck, 1822 Vasum capitellum(Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination Volutella rubescensPerry, 1811

Globivasum capitellum, common name the helmet vase, is a species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vasidae. ^[1]

Shell description

The length of the shell varies between 33 mm and 79.6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea.

Fossils have been found in Quaternary strata of the Dominican Republic (age range: 2.588 to 0.012 Ma)

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Globivasum capitellum (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1735856 on 2026-02-13

• A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.

External links

• Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata (10th revised edition), vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.
• Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. 4 pp., 61 plates. London.
• Lamarck, (J.-B. M.) de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp.
• Risso, A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Tome quatrième. F.-G. Levrault, Paris, viii + 439 pp. + pls 1-12
• Vermeij, G. J. (2024). Shell-based genus-level reclassification of the family Vasidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda). Zootaxa. 5405(4): 526-544.