| Vasum cassiforme | |
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| Two views of a shell of the helmet vase, Vasum cassiforme. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Turbinellidae |
| Subfamily: | Vasinae |
| Genus: | Vasum |
| Species: | V. cassiforme |
| Binomial name | |
| Vasum cassiforme (Kiener, 1840) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Vasum cassiforme, common name the helmet vase, is a species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae. [1]
Vasum cassiforme lives in the southeastern and northeastern littoral of Brazil, [3] including Abrolhos and the Brazilian states of Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia and Espírito Santo. [2]
The maximum reported size of this species shell is 114.9 mm. [4]
Vasum cassiforme has a large, thick and heavy shell, presenting 8 whorls. [2] One of its most striking characteristics is its rich ornamentation, with foliated cords and spines over the body whorl and shoulder, respectively. It is colored cream [2] or light brown externally, while the aperture may be colored purplish-brown. [2]
This sea snail lives on sand and muddy bottoms, to a depth of 70 m. [3]
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