Vasum gurabicum

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Vasum gurabicum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Turbinellidae
Subfamily: Vasinae
Genus: Vasum
Species:
V. gurabicum
Binomial name
Vasum gurabicum
Maury 1917

Vasum gurabicum (original: vasum dominicense var. gurabicum [1] ) is an extinct species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae. [2]

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Description

The height of the shell: 37 mm, its diameter 24 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene and Pliocene strata of the Dominican Republic. (age range: 5.332 to 3.6 Ma)

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References

  1. Maury, C. J. (March–April 1917). Written at Cornell University. Bulletins of American paleontology. Vol. v.5:no.22-30 (1911-1917:Nov.-June). Ithaca, New York: Paleontological Research Institution. pp. 84(248), pl. 13(39) fig. 7. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  2. Fossilworks: Vasum gurabicum