Vasum omanicum

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Vasum omanicum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Turbinellidae
Subfamily: Vasinae
Genus: Vasum
Species:
V. omanicum
Binomial name
Vasum omanicum
Harzhauser, 2007

Vasum omanicum is an extinct species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae. [1]

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Description

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene strata in Oman (age range: 28.4 to 23.03 Ma)

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vasum omanicum Harzhauser, 2007 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1497952 on 2023-01-26