Rhinovasum crosseanum
| Rhinovasum crosseanum | |
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| Shell of Rhinovasum crosseanum (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Vasidae |
| Genus: | Rhinovasum |
| Species: | R. crosseanum
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhinovasum crosseanum (Souverbie, 1875)
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Rhinovasum crosseanum, common name ceramic vase or heavy whelk, is a species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vasidae.[1]
Description
Rhinovasum crosseanum has a large, thick and heavy pyriform shell that reaches a length of 95 mm and a maximum width of 65 mm.. The shell contains eight whorls with a spiral sculpture of uneven, rough threads. There are five columellar plicae.
Distribution
This rare species occurs off Mauritius.
Habitat
This sea snail lives on lower eulittoral, rocky areas at depth of 10 to 40 m.
References
- ^ a b Rhinovasum crosseanum(Souverbie, 1875). 16 February 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Souverbie [S.-M.]. (1875). Description d'une espèce nouvelle appartenant au genre Turbinella. Journal de Conchyliologie. 23: 297–298.
- Souverbie, M., 1876. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 24: 382–383
- Verneau N. (2013). Un mollusque rarissime découvert à Mayotte. Xenophora. 143: 6.
External links
- R. Tucker Abbott - The family Vasidae in the Indo-Pacific; Indo-Paciflc Mollusca vol. 1
- Vermeij, G.J. (2024). ". Shell-based genus-level reclassification of the family Vasidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda)". Zootaxa. 5405 (4): 534.
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