Afrivasum zanzibaricum
| Afrivasum zanzibaricum | |
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| Shell of Afrivasum zanzibaricum (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Vasidae |
| Genus: | Afrivasum |
| Species: | A. zanzibaricum
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| Binomial name | |
| Afrivasum zanzibaricum (Abbott, 1958)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Afrivasum zanzibaricum, common name the Zanzibar tudicula, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Vasidae.[1]
Description
The shell can reach a length of 53 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Zanzibar.
References
- ^ a b Afrivasum zanzibaricum (Abbott, 1958). 13 February 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Harasewych, M.G. (1997). The life and malacological contributions of R. Tucker Abbott (1919–1995). The Nautilus 110 (2): 55–77
External links
- Abbott, R.T. (1958). "A new Recent species of Tudicula from Zanzibar (Gastropoda: Vasidae)". Notulae Naturae [Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia]. 305.
- Zheng, Y.; Maxwell, S. J.; Dekkers, A. M. (2026). "New genera within the Vasidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (Gastropoda, Turbinelloidea)". Acta Malacologica Inquisitionis. 2 (2): 111.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - "Tudivasum zanzibarica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 May 2011.