| Vasum | |
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| A live but retracted individual of Vasum rhinoceras in a tide pool in Mombasa, Kenya, Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Turbinellidae |
| Subfamily: | Vasinae |
| Genus: | Vasum Röding, 1798 |
| Type species | |
| Murex ceramicus | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Vasum, common name the vase snails or vase shells, is a genus of mostly rather large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Vasinae within the family Turbinellidae.[1]
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2011). Vasum Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205505 on 15 April 2012