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Vasum capitellum

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| authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)

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  • Murex capitellum Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
  • Turbinella mitis Lamarck, 1822
  • Volutella rubescens Perry, 1811

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Vasum capitellum, common name the helmet vase, is a species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vasum capitellum (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533593 on 2023-01-28

Shell description

The length of the shell varies between 33 mm and 79.6 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea.

Fossils have been found in Quaternary strata of the Dominican Republic (age range: 2.588 to 0.012 Ma)

References

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  • A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.

External links

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  • [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata (10th revised edition), vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.]
  • [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832 Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. 4 pp., 61 plates. London. ]
  • [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433 Lamarck, (J.-B. M.) de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp.]

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capitellum

Category:Gastropods described in 1758

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