| Vasum caestus | |
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| Shell of Vasum caestus (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Turbinellidae |
| Subfamily: | Vasinae |
| Genus: | Vasum |
| Species: | V. armatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Vasum armatum (Broderip, 1833) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Turbinella caestus Broderip, 1833 (original combination) | |
Vasum caestus, common name the helmet vase, is a species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae. [1]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea (Florida, West Indies) and in the Pacific Ocean (Mexico, Panama, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands).
Shell description
The length of the shell varies between 57 mm and 135 mm.
References
- 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vasum caestus (Broderip, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575609 on 2023-01-26
- Keen, A. M. (1971). Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru. ed. 2. Stanford University Press. xv, 1064 pp., 22 pls
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