Vasum rhinoceros | |
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Vasum rhinoceros in a tide pool in Mombasa, Kenya, Africa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Turbinellidae |
Subfamily: | Vasinae |
Genus: | Vasum |
Species: | V. rhinoceros |
Binomial name | |
Vasum rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Voluta rhinocerosGmelin, 1791 · |
Vasum rhinoceros, common name the rhinoceros vase snail or rhinoceros vase shell, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk within the family Turbinellidae. [1] [2]
The length of the shell: up to 90 mm, similar to Vasum turbinellus , in shape, but more rosy pink with light brown patches. The parietal wall is yellow-brown.The columella is wide, orange pink, with only three folds and large nodules on the shoulder. (Richmond, 1997).
This species occurs in the Western Indian Ocean off Tanzania and Kenya.
Shallow, rocky, sandy substrata.
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