Vasum rhinoceros

Vasum rhinoceros
Vasum rhinoceros 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
Family: Turbinellidae
Subfamily: Vasinae
Genus: Vasum
Species:
V. rhinoceros
Binomial name
Vasum rhinoceros
(Gmelin, 1791)
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]

Subspecies
  • Vasum rhinoceros attolinoi T. Cossignani, 2017
  • Vasum rhinoceros rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791)
Vasum rhinoceros shell
  1. ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2011). Vasum rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211102 on 2011-12-14
  2. ^ "Vasum rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791)".