Vasum rhinoceros

Vasum rhinoceros, common name the rhinoceros vase snail or rhinoceros vase shell, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk within the family Turbinellidae.[1]

Vasum rhinoceros shell

Vasum rhinoceros
Vasum rhinoceros in a tide pool in Mombasa, Kenya, Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Turbinellidae
Subfamily:
Vasinae
Genus:
Vasum
Species:
V. rhinoceros
Binomial name
Vasum rhinoceros

Distribution

This species occurs in:

References
  1. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Vasum rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211102 on 2011-12-14
  • "Vasum (Vasum) rhinoceros rhinoceros". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
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