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Vasum turbinellus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae

Taxonomy
Murex turbinellus was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Indo-Pacific.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Vasum, Vasum (Vasum).

It was recombined as Vasum (Vasum) turbinellus by Perrilliat (1987); it was recombined as Vasum turbinellus by Röding (1798), Kosnik (2002) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Murex turbinellus Linnaeus
1798Vasum turbinellus Röding
1987Vasum (Vasum) turbinellus Perrilliat p. 18
2002Vasum turbinellus Kosnik
2010Vasum turbinellus Landau and Marques da Silva p. 70

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyTurbinelloidea
familyTurbinellidaeSwainson 1840
subfamilyVasinaeAdams and A 1853
genusVasumRöding 1798
speciesturbinellus(Linnaeus 1758)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Vasum turbinellus Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:23:42
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:42
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Vasum turbinellus (192720)