| Vasum elongatum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Turbinellidae |
| Subfamily: | Vasinae |
| Genus: | Vasum |
| Species: | †V. elongatum |
| Binomial name | |
| †Vasum elongatum E. H. Vokes. 1970 | |
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Vasum elongatum is an extinct species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae. [1]
Description
Measurements of the shell: 42.0 x 21.5 mm.
Distribution
Fossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene strata of the Florida, USA. (age range: 20.43 to 15.97 Ma)
References
- E. H. Vokes. 1970. Notes on the fauna of the Chipola Formation - III. Two new species of Vasum (Mollusca: Gastropoda), with comments on Vasum haitense (Sowerby). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 8(2):88-92
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