Vasum capitellum

Vasum capitellum, common name the helmet vase, is a species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae.^[1]

Vasum capitellum
Shell of Vasum capitellum (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Turbinellidae
Subfamily:	Vasinae
Genus:	Vasum
Species:	V. capitellum
Binomial name
Vasum capitellum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
Murex capitellum Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination) Turbinella mitis Lamarck, 1822 Volutella rubescens Perry, 1811

Shell description

The length of the shell varies between 33 mm and 79.6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea.

Fossils have been found in Quaternary strata of the Dominican Republic (age range: 2.588 to 0.012 Ma)