Tudivasum

Tudivasum
Tudivasum inerme
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Vasidae
Genus:	Tudivasum Rosenberg & Petit, 1987
Type species
Tudicla armigeraA. Adams, 1856
Synonyms
Tudicla (Tudicula)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864 junior homonym (of TudiculaRyckholt, 1862; TudivasumRosenberg & Petit, 1987 is a replacement name TudiculaH. Adams & A. Adams, 1864 junior homonym (of TudiculaRyckholt, 1862; Tudivasum. Rosenberg & Petit, 1987 is a replacement name) Tudicula (Tudicula) [sic] · unaccepted (unjustified emendation) Turbinella (Tudicula)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864 ·

Tudivasum is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Vasinae, the vase shells, within the family Vasidae. ^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Tudivasum include:

• Tudivasum amandacantamessae S. J. Maxwell, Y. Zheng & Berschauer, 2024
• † Tudivasum angulatum (Tate, 1888)
• Tudivasum annettae S. J. Maxwell, Y. Zheng & Berschauer, 2024
• Tudivasum armigerum (A. Adams, 1856)
• Tudivasum ashmorense H. Morrison, 2020
• Tudivasum barbaracollinsae S. J. Maxwell, Y. Zheng & Berschauer, 2024
• Tudivasum chaneyi H. Morrison, 2020
• † Tudivasum costatum (Tate, 1888)
• Tudivasum glendae S. J. Maxwell, Y. Zheng & Berschauer, 2024
• Tudivasum gracelumwanae Y. Zheng & S. J. Maxwell, 2025
• Tudivasum inerme (Angas, 1878)
• Tudivasum kurtzi (Macpherson, 1964)
• Tudivasum leemanense Y. Zheng & S. J. Maxwell, 2026
• † Tudivasum sinotectum (Ludbrook, 1941)
• Tudivasum spinosum (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864)
• † Tudivasum turbinatum (Tate, 1888)
• Tudivasum variabile S. J. Maxwell, Y. Zheng & Berschauer, 2024
• Tudivasum westrale H. Morrison, 2020

Synonyms

• †Tudivasum rasilistoma(Abbott, 1959): synonym of Australivasum rasilistoma (Abbott, 1959) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
• Tudivasum simonaikeniT. Cossignani, 2024: synonym of Afrivasum simonaikeni (T. Cossignani, 2024) (superseded combination)
• Tudivasum variabilisS. J. Maxwell, Y. Zheng & Berschauer, 2024: synonym of Tudivasum variabileS. J. Maxwell, Y. Zheng & Berschauer, 2024 (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
• Tudivasum zanzibaricum ^[2] : synonym of Afrivasum zanzibaricum (Abbott, 1958) (superseded combination)

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tudivasum Rosenberg & Petit, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=459373 on 2026-02-13
2. Tudivasum zanzibaricum (Abbott, 1958) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 13 March 2011.

External links

• Rosenberg, G.; Petit, R. E. (1987). "Ryckholt's Mélanges Paléontologiques, 1851-1862, with a new name for Tudicula H. & A. Adams, non Ryckholt". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 139: 59.
• Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1864). "Descriptions of new species of shells, chiefly from the Cumingian collection". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1863: 429.
• Morrison H.M., Kirkendale L.A. & Wilson N.G. (2020). A review of extant Tudivasum Rosenberg & Petit, 1987 (Neogastropoda: Turbinellidae) and description of three new species from Western Australia. Journal of Molluscan Studies. DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eyaa030: 16 pp.
• Vermeij, G.J. (2024). "Shell-based genus-level reclassification of the family Vasidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda)". Zootaxa. 5405 (4). Retrieved 13 February 2026.