| Vasum turbinellus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Turbinellidae |
| Subfamily: | Vasinae |
| Genus: | Vasum |
| Species: | V. turbinellus |
| Binomial name | |
| Vasum turbinellus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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Vasum turbinellus is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Turbinellidae. [1]
The length of the shell varies between 36.7 mm and 86 mm.
The shell is yellowish white and chestnut-black, stained and obscurely banded. The aperture is yellowish white. The border of the outer lip is black-spotted. [2]
The species is found in Western Africa, Indian Ocean, Malesia,the Philippines,Indonesia, New Caledonia, the South China Sea, Australia. [1]
Fossils have been found in Quaternary strata of Saudi Arabia (age range: 0.126 to 0.012 Ma).
