Vasum suwanneensis

Vasum suwanneensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Turbinellidae
Subfamily: Vasinae
Genus: Vasum
Species:
†V. suwanneensis
Binomial name
†Vasum suwanneensis
Petuch 1997

Vasum suwanneensis is an extinct species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae. [1]

Description

Measurements of the (incomplete) shell: 39.0 x 23.0 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found in Oligocene strata in Florida, USA.

References

  1. ^ Fossilworks: Vasum suwanneensis
  • E. J. Petuch. 1997. A new gastropod fauna from an Oligocene back-reef lagoonal environment in west central Florida. The Nautilus 110(4):122-138


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