Vasum suwanneensis Petuch 1997 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae

Full reference: E. J. Petuch. 1997. A new gastropod fauna from an Oligocene back-reef lagoonal environment in west central Florida. The Nautilus 110(4):122-138

Belongs to Vasum according to E. J. Petuch 1997

Sister taxa: Vasum (Hystrivasum), Vasum (Siphovasum), Vasum (Vasum), Vasum aedificatum, Vasum aquitanicum, Vasum basilicum, Vasum capitellum, Vasum dominicense, Vasum elongatum, Vasum excrenatum, Vasum gurabicum, Vasum haitensis, Vasum humerosum, Vasum omanicum, Vasum pufferi, Vasum pugnus, Vasum stephanense, Vasum tribulosum, Vasum tuberculatum, Vasum turbinellus

Type specimen: UF 75984 (duplicaed number), a partial shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Terramar Pit [Suwannee Limestone] (Oligocene of Florida)

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