Vasum aedificatum Guppy 1876 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae

Alternative combination: Turbinellus aedificatus

Belongs to Vasum according to E. H. Vokes 1998

Sister taxa: Vasum (Hystrivasum), Vasum (Siphovasum), Vasum (Vasum), 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 suwanneensis, Vasum tribulosum, Vasum tuberculatum, Vasum turbinellus

Type specimen: BMNH GG 20255, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (3)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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