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Vasum globulus

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|authority = Lamarck, 1816

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  • Buccinella tuberculata Perry, 1811 (invalid: declared a nomen oblitum by Petit (2003) under ICZN Article 23.9.2, with the junior synonym Vasum globulus becoming a nomen protectum)
  • Globivasum globulus (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Turbinella globulus Lamarck, 1816 (basionym)
  • Turbinella nuttingi Henderson, 1919
  • Vasum antiguaensis Usticke, 1971
  • Vasum globulus antiguense Nowell-Usticke, 1969
  • Voluta globosa Dillwyn, 1817

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Vasum globulus is a rare species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae, subfamily Vasinae, the vase snails.Rosenberg, G. (2010). Vasum globulus (Lamarck, 1816). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533595 on 2012-04-15

Subspecies:

  • Vasum globulus nuttingi (J. Henderson, 1919) (synonym: Turbinella nuttingi J. Henderson, 1919)

Description

The shell of the species is almost spherical, which is unusual in vase snails, hence the specific name globulus. The maximum recorded size of the shell is 43 mm, but it is small compared to that of other species in the same genus.

Distribution

This species appears to be endemic to a few small islands in the Leeward Island chain of the Lesser Antilles, West Indies. It has been recorded from the following islands:

References

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  • Lamarck J.B. (1816). Liste des objets représentés dans les planches de cette livraison. In: Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la Nature. Mollusques et Polypes divers. Agasse, Paris.

External links

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  • [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899 Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London: John and Arthur Arch. Vol. 1: 1-580; Vol. 2: 581-1092 + index]
  • [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49824270#page/26/mode/1up R. Tucker Abbott - The family Vasidae in the Indo-Pacific; Indo-Paciflc Mollusca vol. 1]
  • [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41155898#page/215/mode/1up Abbott R.T.(1950) - The Genera Xancus and Vasum in the Western Atlantic; Johnsonia v. 2 19-32]
  • [http://www.malacolog.org/search.php?nameid=5510 Malacolog info on the species]
  • [http://academic.uprm.edu/publications/cjs/Vol35a/p.83-92.pdf A pdf of a 1999 paper on the species]

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globulus

Category:Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

Category:Gastropods described in 1816

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