Vasum caestus | |
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Shell of Vasum caestus (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Turbinellidae |
Subfamily: | Vasinae |
Genus: | Vasum |
Species: | V. armatum |
Binomial name | |
Vasum armatum (Broderip, 1833) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Turbinella caestus Broderip, 1833 (original combination) Contents |
Vasum caestus, common name the helmet vase, is a species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae. [1]
This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea (Florida, West Indies) and in the Pacific Ocean (Mexico, Panama, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands).
The length of the shell varies between 57 mm and 135 mm.
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