Vasum tribulosum

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Vasum tribulosum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Turbinellidae
Subfamily: Vasinae
Genus: Vasum
Species:
V. tribulosum
Binomial name
Vasum tribulosum
E. H. Vokes. 1970

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

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Description

Measurements of the shell: 87.0 x 62.0 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene strata of the Florida, USA. (age range: 220.43 to 15.97 Ma)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vasinae</span> Subfamily of gastropods

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<i>Vasum globulus</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Vasum ceramicum</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Vasum muricatum</i> Species of gastropod

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