Altivasum

Altivasum
Shell of Altivasum flindersi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Vasidae
Genus:	Altivasum Hedley, 1914
Type species
Latirus aurantiacus Verco, 1895
Species
See text
Synonyms[1]
Vasum (Altivasum) Hedley, 1914

Altivasum is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinellidae.[1]

Description

(Original description) This newly identified genus is characterized by its elevated spire, hollow axis, and three distinct plaits on the lower columella. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Altivasum include:

• Altivasum clarksoni S. J. Maxwell & Dekkers, 2019
• Altivasum flindersi Verco, 1914
• Altivasum hedleyi S. J. Maxwell & Dekkers, 2019
• Altivasum pauladellaboscae M. Cooper & S. J. Maxwell, 2020
• Altivasum profundum Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2018

Species brought into synonymy

• Altivasum typicum Hedley, 1916: synonym of Altivasum flindersi Verco, 1914

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Altivasum Hedley, 1914. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594052 on 2020-05-10
2. Hedley C. (1914). Mollusca. Biological results of the fishing experiments carried on by the F.I.S. "Endeavour" 1909-1914. 2(2): 63-74, pls 8-12 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

• Dekkers A.M. & Maxwell S.J. (2018). Altivasum Hedley, 1914 (Gastropoda: Turbinellidae) from South Western Australia. The Festivus. 50(4): 245–254.

External links

• Vermeij, G.J. (2024). "Shell-based genus-level reclassification of the family Vasidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda)". Zootaxa. 5405 (4): 528. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5405.4.3.
• Dekkers A.M. & Maxwell S.J. (2018). "Altivasum Hedley, 1914 (Gastropoda: Turbinellidae) from South Western Australia". The Festivus. 50 (4): 245–254. doi:10.54173/F504245.