Vasum aedificatum | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Turbinellidae |
Subfamily: | Vasinae |
Genus: | Vasum |
Species: | †V. aedificatum |
Binomial name | |
†Vasum aedificatum Guppy 1876 | |
Synonyms | |
† Turbinellus aedificatusGuppy 1876 |
Vasum aedificatum is an extinct species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae. [1]
a carnivorous sea snail. Measurements of the shell are 62.6 mm x 33.3 mm.
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Fossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene to Pliocene strata of the Dominican Republic. (age range: 7.246 to 5.332 Ma)
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