Vasum turbinellus

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| taxon = Vasum turbinellus

| authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)

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  • Murex turbinellus Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
  • Turbinella cornigera Lamarck, 1822
  • Turbinella variolaris Lamarck, 1822
  • Vasum nigra G. Perry, 1811
  • Vasum turbinellum [sic] (misspelling)
  • Vasum variolaris J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1822
  • Volutella nigra Perry, 1811
  • Vasum nigricans G. Perry, 1811

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Vasum turbinellus is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Turbinellidae.{{cite web |title=Vasum turbinellus (Linnaeus, 1758) |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/4363319 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=24 October 2021 |language=en}}

Description

The length of the shell varies between 36.7 mm and 86 mm.

The shell is yellowish white and chestnut-black, stained and obscurely banded. The aperture is yellowish white. The border of the outer lip is black-spotted.[https://archive.org/download/manualconch04tryorich/manualconch04tryorich.pdf Tryon (1882), Manual of Conchology IV]

Distribution

The species is found in Western Africa, Indian Ocean, Malesia,the Philippines,Indonesia, New Caledonia, the South China Sea, Australia.

Fossils have been found in Quaternary strata of Saudi Arabia (age range: 0.126 to 0.012 Ma).

References

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  • Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1–160.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
  • B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221