Vasum aedificatum

Vasum aedificatum is an extinct species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae. ^[1]

Vasum aedificatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Turbinellidae
Subfamily:	Vasinae
Genus:	Vasum
Species:	†V. aedificatum
Binomial name
†Vasum aedificatum Guppy 1876
Synonyms
† Turbinellus aedificatus Guppy 1876

Description

V. aedificatum is carnivorous. Measurements of the shell are 62.6 mm x 33.3 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene to Pliocene strata of the Dominican Republic. (age range: 7.246 to 5.332 Ma)