Vasum aedificatum
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. aedificatum
Binomial name
Vasum aedificatum
Guppy 1876
Synonyms

Turbinellus aedificatus Guppy 1876

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

Description

a carnivorous sea snail. Measurements of the shell are 62.6 mm x 33.3 mm.

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Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene to Pliocene strata of the Dominican Republic. (age range: 7.246 to 5.332 Ma)

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