Vasum gurabicum (original: vasum dominicense var. gurabicum[1]) is an extinct species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae.[2]
| Vasum gurabicum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Turbinellidae |
| Subfamily: | Vasinae |
| Genus: | Vasum |
| Species: | †V. gurabicum
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| Binomial name | |
| †Vasum gurabicum Maury 1917
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Description
editThe height of the shell: 37 mm, its diameter 24 mm.
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Distribution
editFossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene and Pliocene strata of the Dominican Republic. (age range: 5.332 to 3.6 Ma)
References
edit- ^ Maury, C. J. (March–April 1917). Written at Cornell University. Bulletins of American paleontology. Vol. v.5:no.22-30 (1911-1917:Nov.-June). Ithaca, New York: Paleontological Research Institution. pp. 84(248), pl. 13(39) fig. 7. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ Fossilworks: Vasum gurabicum
- E. H. Vokes. 1998. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 18. The Superfamily Volutacea (in part) (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 113(354):1-54
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