Vasum muricatum
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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|authority = (Born, 1778)
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- Turbinella pugillaris Lamarck, 1822
- Vasum urna Röding, 1798
- Voluta muricata Born, 1778 (original combination)
- Volutella divergens Perry, 1810
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Vasum muricatum, common name the Caribbean vase, is a species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae.Morris, A. P. (1973): “A Field Guide to Shells of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies”. Hougmon Mifflin Co Boston.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vasum muricatum (Born, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420079 on 2023-01-28
Description
Vasum muricatum has a large, thick and heavy shell that reaches a length of 50 – 100 mm. The shell is quite elongated, conical or vase-shaped (hence the common name). There are blunt spines at the shoulder and near the base. The shell is off- white with black or dark brown periostracum externally, while the aperture is usually white. The columella has 5 strong folds, the first and third being the largest.Abbott, R Tucker (1974). American Seashells. D. Van Nostrand Reinhold. Ltd. New York. 663.
Distribution
This species is widespread in the Caribbean Sea. In Venezuela this species has been reported from the state of Falcon,Bitter, Ricardo S. y Martínez E. Rafael. 2001: Inventario de los moluscos marinos en las costas del estado Falcón, Venezuela. Acta Biologica Venezuelica, 21(1):21-41. Nueva EspartaMacsotay, O. 1982: Intervalos batimetabólicos y batimétricos de algunos moluscos bentónicos marinos de Venezuela. BOL. Soc. Ven. Cien. Nat. 37:103-147Princz, D. 1973: Moluscos gastrópodos y pelecipodos del Estado Nueva Esparta, Venezuela. Mem. Soc. Cien. Nat. La Salle, 33:169-222Princz, D y a González de Pacheco. 1981: Los moluscos marinos del Parque Nacional La Restinga, isla de Margarita, Venezuela. Ministerio del ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales Renovables. Serie informes cientifico. Zona 14/IC/1-42 and Dependencias Federales.Capelo, J.C. y J. Buitrago. 1998: Distribución d e los moluscos marinos en el oriente de de Venezuela. Mem. Soc. Cien. Nat. La Salle, 150:109-160.
Habitat
This species is rather common and is often found in pairs in shallow water. It preys on worms and clams.Warmke, Germaine L. & Abbott, R Tucker. (1961): Caribbean Seashells. Livingston Publishing Company. Narberth. Pennsylvania.
Gallery
File:Vasum muricatum (Born, 1778) 000.jpg|Vasum muricatum from Los Monjes Archipelago, Venezuela.
File:Vasum muricatum (Born, 1778) 001.jpg|Vasum muricatum from Los Monjes Archipelago, Venezuela.
File:Vasum muricatum (Born, 1778) 2013 000.JPG|Vasum muricatum from Isla La Tortuga
File:Vasum muricatum (Born, 1778) 2013 001.JPG|Vasum muricatum from Isla La Tortuga
References
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- Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
External links
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- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890 orn, I. Von. (1778). Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere.]
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39045115 Perry G. (1810-1811). Arcana: or the Museum of Natural History. pls. 1-48 (= 1810), pls. 49-84 (= 1811), unnumbered text pages. London: James Stratford.]
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp]
- [https://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]
- [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420079 WoRMS]
- [https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=74480 ITIS]
- [http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=277197 Boldsystem]
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/name/Vasum+muricatum Biodiversity Heritage Library]
- [http://eol.org/pages/458113/overview EOL]
- [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=169317&lvl=0 NCBI]
- [http://collections.mnh.si.edu/search/iz/?qn=Vasum+muricatum Smithsonian NMNH]
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