Globivasum dominicense

Globivasum dominicense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Vasidae
Genus: Globivasum
Species:
G. dominicense
Binomial name
Globivasum dominicense
(Gabb 1873 )
Synonyms
  • Vasum dominicense Gabb, 1873 superseded combination
  • Vasum dominicensis Gabb, 1873

Globivasum dominicense is an extinct species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vasidae.[1][2]

Description

The height of the shell: 60.0 mm, its diameter 37.0 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Pliocene strata of the Dominican Republic. (age range: 5.332 to 3.6 Ma)

References

  • E. H. Vokes. 1998. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 18. The Superfamily Volutacea (in part) (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 113(354):1-54
  • Vokes, Emily H. "The age of the Baitoa Formation, Dominican Republic, using Mollusca for correlation." Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 15.4 (1979): 105-116.
  • Vermeij, G.J. (2024). "Shell-based genus-level reclassification of the family Vasidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda)". Zootaxa. 5405 (4). Retrieved 13 February 2026.