Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Full reference: E. H. Vokes. 1970. Notes on the fauna of the Chipola Formation - III. Two new species of Vasum (Mollusca: Gastropoda), with comments on Vasum haitense (Sowerby). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 8(2):88-92
Belongs to Vasum according to E. H. Vokes 1970
Sister taxa: Vasum (Hystrivasum), Vasum (Siphovasum), Vasum (Vasum), Vasum aedificatum, Vasum aquitanicum, Vasum basilicum, Vasum capitellum, Vasum dominicense, Vasum excrenatum, Vasum gurabicum, Vasum haitensis, Vasum humerosum, Vasum omanicum, Vasum pufferi, Vasum pugnus, Vasum stephanense, Vasum suwanneensis, Vasum tribulosum, Vasum tuberculatum, Vasum turbinellus
Type specimen: USNM 646453, a shell. Its type locality is TU 546 - Tenmile Creek, which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Florida collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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