Altivasum profundum is a species of deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Vasidae. [1]
Altivasum profundum | |
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Shell of Altivasum profundum (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Vasidae |
Genus: | Altivasum |
Species: | A. profundum
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Binomial name | |
Altivasum profundum Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2018
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Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to Australia and was found off Western Australia at a depth of 162 m. [1] [2]
References
edit- ^ a b Altivasum profundum Dekkers & S. J. Maxwell, 2018. 11 September 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ MNHN, Paris: Altivasum profundum
- Dekkers A.M. & Maxwell S.J. (2018). "Altivasum Hedley, 1914 (Gastropoda: Turbinellidae) from South Western Australia". The Festivus. 50 (4): 251.