Vasidae

Vasidae
A live but retracted individual of Vasum rhinoceras in a tide pool in Mombasa, Kenya, Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Vasidae
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1840)
Type genus
Vasum Röding, 1798
Synonyms[1]
  • Cynodontidae MacDonald, 1860
  • Vasinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1840) superseded rank

Vasidae, common name the vase snails or vase shells, are a taxonomic family of large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Turbinelloidea. [1]

Before 2024 it was considered as a subfamily of the Turbinellidae. [2]

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Vasidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196299 on 2024-09-10
  2. ^ Vermeij, G.J. (2024). "Shell-based genus-level reclassification of the family Vasidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda)". Zootaxa. 5405 (4): 526–544. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5405.4.3. PMID 38480172. Retrieved 10 September 2024.