Vasum elongatum
| Vasum elongatum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Turbinellidae |
| Subfamily: | Vasinae |
| Genus: | Vasum |
| Species: | †V. elongatum
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| Binomial name | |
| †Vasum elongatum E. H. Vokes. 1970
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Globivasum elongatum | |
Vasum elongatum is an extinct species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae. [2]
Description
[edit]Measurements of the shell: 42.0 x 21.5 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]Fossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene strata of the Florida, USA. (age range: 20.43 to 15.97 Ma)
References
[edit]- E. H. Vokes. 1970. Notes on the fauna of the Chipola Formation - III. Two new species of Vasum (Mollusca: Gastropoda), with comments on Vasum haitense (Sowerby). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 8(2):88-92
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