Vasum gurabicum

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Vasum gurabicum (original: vasum dominicense var. gurabicum{{Cite book |last=Maury |first=C. J. |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101217 |title=Bulletins of American paleontology |date=March–April 1917 |publisher=Paleontological Research Institution |volume=v.5:no.22-30 (1911-1917:Nov.-June) |location=Cornell University |publication-place=Ithaca, New York |pages=84(248), pl. 13(39) fig. 7 |language=en |access-date=2024-02-28}}) is an extinct species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=243199 Fossilworks: Vasum gurabicum]

Description

The height of the shell: 37 mm, its diameter 24 mm.

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Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene and Pliocene strata of the Dominican Republic. (age range: 5.332 to 3.6 Ma)

References

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  • E. H. Vokes. 1998. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 18. The Superfamily Volutacea (in part) (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 113(354):1-54

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Category:Gastropods described in 1917

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