Florivasum stephanti

Florivasum stephanti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Vasidae
Genus: Florivasum
Species:
F. stephanti
Binomial name
Florivasum stephanti
(W. K. Emerson & Sage, 1988)
Synonyms[1]

Vasum stephanti W. K. Emerson & Sage, 1988 superseded combination

Florivasum stephanti, 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 Vasidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 58 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Somalia

References

  • Emerson, W. K.; Sage III, W. E. (1988). A new species of Vasum (Gastropoda: Turbinellidae) from off Somalia. Nautilus. 102(1): 36-39
  • Vermeij, G.J. (2024). ". Shell-based genus-level reclassification of the family Vasidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda)". Zootaxa. 5405 (4): 533.
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