Vasinae
Vasinae, common name the vase snails or vase shells, are a taxonomic subfamily of large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the family Turbinellidae. [1]
| Vasinae | |
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| A live but retracted individual of Vasum rhinoceras in a tide pool in Mombasa, Kenya, Africa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Turbinellidae |
| Subfamily: | Vasinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1840) |
| Type genus | |
| Vasum Röding, 1798 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Shell description
Shells of species in this subfamily are fairly large, very thick, and heavy. The shells have low spires and have plaits on the columella.
Genera
Genera within the subfamily Vasinae include:
- Altivasum Hedley, 1914
- Enigmavasum Poppe & Tagaro, 2005
- † Fyfea Finlay & Marwick, 1937
- Tudivasum Rosenberg & Petit, 1987
- Vasum Röding, 1798
- Synonyms
- Cynodonta Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Vasum Röding, 1798
- Globivasum Abbott, 1950: synonym of Vasum Röding, 1798
- Scolymus Swainson, 1835: synonym of Vasum Röding, 1798
- Tudicula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864: synonym of Tudivasum Rosenberg & Petit, 1987 (junior homonym of Tudicula Ryckholt, 1862)
- Volutella Perry, 1810: synonym of Vasum Röding, 1798
References
- MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vasinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411804 on 2023-01-24
External links
- Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp
- Abbott R.T.(1950) - The Genera Xancus and Vasum in the Western Atlantic; Johnsonia v. 2 19-32
- Abbott, R. T. (1959). The family Vasidae in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca. 1 (1): 15-32
- Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397.
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