Vasum rhinoceros
| Vasum rhinoceros | |
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| Vasum rhinoceros in a tide pool in Mombasa, Kenya, Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Turbinellidae |
| Subfamily: | Vasinae |
| Genus: | Vasum |
| Species: | V. rhinoceros
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| Binomial name | |
| Vasum rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Voluta rhinoceros Gmelin, 1791 · | |
Vasum rhinoceros, common name the rhinoceros vase snail or rhinoceros vase shell, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk within the family Turbinellidae.[1][2]
- Subspecies
- Vasum rhinoceros attolinoi T. Cossignani, 2017
- Vasum rhinoceros rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791)
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Description[edit]
The length of the shell: up to 90 mm, similar to Vasum turbinellus, in shape, but more rosy pink with light brown patches. The parietal wall is yellow-brown.The columella is wide, orange pink, with only three folds and large nodules on the shoulder. (Richmond, 1997).
Distribution[edit]
This species occurs in the Western Indian Ocean off Tanzania and Kenya.
Habitat[edit]
Shallow, rocky, sandy substrata.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2011). Vasum rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211102 on 2011-12-14
- ^ "Vasum rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791)".
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vasum rhinoceros.
- Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
- Abbott, R. T. (1959). The family Vasidae in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca. 1 (1): 15-32
- "Vasum (Vasum) rhinoceros rhinoceros". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.