Vasum elongatum

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Vasum elongatum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Turbinellidae
Subfamily: Vasinae
Genus: Vasum
Species:
V. elongatum
Binomial name
Vasum elongatum
E. H. Vokes. 1970
Synonyms [1]

Globivasum elongatum

Vasum elongatum is an extinct species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae. [2]

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Description

Measurements of the shell: 42.0 x 21.5 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene strata of the Florida, USA. (age range: 20.43 to 15.97 Ma)

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