Vasum omanicum Harzhauser 2007 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae

Full reference: M. Harzhauser. 2007. Oligocene and Aquitanian gastropod faunas from the Sultanate of Oman and their biogeographic implications for the western Indo-Pacific. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 280:75-121

Belongs to Vasum according to M. Harzhauser 2007

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 pufferi, Vasum pugnus, Vasum stephanense, Vasum suwanneensis, Vasum tribulosum, Vasum tuberculatum, Vasum turbinellus

Type specimen: NHMW 2006z0231/0060, a partial shell. Its type locality is Gebel Madrakah - Warak Fm, which is in a Chattian shallow subtidal limestone in the Warak Formation of Oman.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gebel Madrakah - Warak Fm

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