Vasum rhinoceros | |
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Vasum rhinoceros in a tide pool in Mombasa, Kenya, Africa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Turbinellidae |
Subfamily: | Vasinae |
Genus: | Vasum |
Species: | V. rhinoceros
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Binomial name | |
Vasum rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Voluta rhinoceros Gmelin, 1791 · |
Vasum rhinoceros, common name the rhinoceros vase snail or rhinoceros vase shell, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk within the family Turbinellidae.[1][2]