Rhinovasum tuberculatum
| Rhinovasum tuberculatum | |
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| Shell of Rhinovasum tuberculatum (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Vasidae |
| Genus: | Rhinovasum |
| Species: | †R. tuberculatum
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| Binomial name | |
| †Rhinovasum tuberculatum Gabb 1873
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| Synonyms (Vermeij, 2024) | |
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† Vasum tuberculatum Gabb, 1873 superseded combination | |
Rhinovasum tuberculatum is an extinct species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vasidae.[1]
Description
Its shell is medium to large, with 8 to 9 whorls, including a slightly concave profile on the final whorl, a feature common among the Rhinovasum genus. Its species name, tuberculatum, owes to its prominent tubercles that are arranged in rows.[2][3]
One fossil record displays a shell height of 111 mm and a diameter of 86 mm,[1] with larger specimens exceeding 120 mm in height.[4]
Distribution
Fossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene to Pliocene strata of the Dominican Republic and Venezuela (age range: 20.43 to 3.6 Ma).[1]
Renaming
R. tuberculatum was renamed from Vasum tuberculatum in 2024 as part of a comprehensive revision of the Vasidae family.[3]
References
- ^ a b c "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Archived from the original on 20 February 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
- ^ Gabb, W. M. (1873). On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series. 15(1): 218, 2 maps., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46059253
- ^ a b Vermeij, Geerat J. (1 February 2024). "Shell-based genus-level reclassification of the Family Vasidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda)". Zootaxa. 5405 (4): 526–544. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5405.4.3. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ^ Vokes, E. H. (1998). Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic. 18. The Superfamily Volutacea (in part) (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology. 113(354), pp. 27-28 available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10689327
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