Rhinovasum rhinoceros
| Rhinovasum rhinoceros | |
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| Rhinovasum rhinoceros in a tide pool in Mombasa, Kenya, Africa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Vasidae |
| Genus: | Rhinovasum |
| Species: | R. rhinoceros
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhinovasum rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791)
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Rhinovasum rhinoceros, common name the rhinoceros vase snail or rhinoceros vase shell, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk within the family Vasidae.[1] [2]
- Subspecies
- Rhinovasum rhinoceros attolinoi (T. Cossignani, 2017)
- Rhinovasum rhinoceros rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791)
Description
The length of the shell: up to 90 mm, similar to Vasum turbinellus, in shape, but more rosy pink with light brown patches. The parietal wall is yellow-brown.The columella is wide, orange pink, with only three folds and large nodules on the shoulder. (Richmond, 1997).
Distribution
This species occurs in the Western Indian Ocean off Tanzania and Kenya.
Habitat
Shallow, rocky, sandy substrata.
References
- ^ a b Rhinovasum rhinoceros(Gmelin, 1791). 16 February 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ "Vasum rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791)".
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
External links
- Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
- Abbott, R. T. (1959). The family Vasidae in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca. 1 (1): 15-32
- "Vasum (Vasum) rhinoceros rhinoceros". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Vermeij, G.J. (2024). ". Shell-based genus-level reclassification of the family Vasidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda)". Zootaxa. 5405 (4): 534.
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