Vasum capitellum | |
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Shell of Vasum capitellum (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Turbinellidae |
Subfamily: | Vasinae |
Genus: | Vasum |
Species: | V. capitellum |
Binomial name | |
Vasum capitellum (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Vasum capitellum, common name the helmet vase, is a species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae. [1]
The length of the shell varies between 33 mm and 79.6 mm.
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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)
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