Vasum turbinellus

Vasum turbinellus is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Turbinellidae.^[1]

Vasum turbinellus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Turbinellidae
Subfamily:	Vasinae
Genus:	Vasum
Species:	V. turbinellus
Binomial name
Vasum turbinellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Murex turbinellus Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination) Turbinella cornigera Lamarck, 1822 Turbinella variolaris Lamarck, 1822 Vasum nigra G. Perry, 1811 Vasum turbinellum [sic] (misspelling) Vasum variolaris J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1822 Volutella nigra Perry, 1811 Vasum nigricans G. Perry, 1811

Description

The length of the shell varies between 36.7 mm and 86 mm.

The shell is yellowish white and chestnut-black, stained and obscurely banded. The aperture is yellowish white. The border of the outer lip is black-spotted.^[2]

Distribution

The species is found in Western Africa, Indian Ocean, Malesia,the Philippines,Indonesia, New Caledonia, the South China Sea, Australia.^[1]

Fossils have been found in Quaternary strata of Saudi Arabia (age range: 0.126 to 0.012 Ma).