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

Description

The length of the shell: up to 90 mm, similar to Vasum turbinellus, in shape, but more rosy pink with light brown patches. The parietal wall is yellow-brown.The columella is wide, orange pink, with only three folds and large nodules on the shoulder. (Richmond, 1997).

Distribution

This species occurs in the Western Indian Ocean off Tanzania and Kenya.

Habitat

Shallow, rocky, sandy substrata.

References

  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)".
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
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