Rhinovasum aquitanicum

Rhinovasum aquitanicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Vasidae
Genus: Rhinovasum
Species:
†R. aquitanicum
Binomial name
†Rhinovasum aquitanicum
(Peyrot 1928)
Synonyms
  • †Vasum aquitanicum Peyrot, 1928 superseded combination
  • † Vasum subpugillare mut. aquitanicum Peyrot, 1928 (basionym)

Rhinovasum aquitanicum 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 Oligocene of the Adour region in France.

References

  • M. Harzhauser. 2007. Oligocene and Aquitanian gastropod faunas from the Sultanate of Oman and their biogeographic implications for the western Indo-Pacific. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 280:75-121
  • Lozouet, P. (2021). Turbinelloidea, Mitroidea, Olivoidea, Babyloniidae et Harpidae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda) de l'Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l'Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 23: 3-69.
  • Vermeij, G.J. (2024). ". Shell-based genus-level reclassification of the family Vasidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda)". Zootaxa. 5405 (4): 533.


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