Globivasum omanicum

Globivasum omanicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Vasidae
Genus: Globivasum
Species:
G. omanicum
Binomial name
Globivasum omanicum
(Harzhauser, 2007)
Synonyms

Vasum omanicum Harzhauser, 2007 superseded combination

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

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene strata in Oman (age range: 28.4 to 23.03 Ma)

References

  • Harzhauser, M. (2007). Oligocene and Aquitanian Gastropod Faunas from the Sultanate of Oman and their biogeographic implications for the early western Indo-Pacific. Palaeontographica Abteilung A. 280(4-6): 75-121
  • Vermeij, G.J. (2024). "Shell-based genus-level reclassification of the family Vasidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda)". Zootaxa. 5405 (4). Retrieved 13 February 2026.