Vasum suwanneensis is an extinct species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae. [1]
| Vasum suwanneensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Turbinellidae |
| Subfamily: | Vasinae |
| Genus: | Vasum |
| Species: | †V. suwanneensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Vasum suwanneensis Petuch 1997
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Description
editMeasurements of the (incomplete) shell: 39.0 x 23.0 mm.
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Distribution
editFossils of this species were found in Oligocene strata in Florida, USA.
References
edit- E. J. Petuch. 1997. A new gastropod fauna from an Oligocene back-reef lagoonal environment in west central Florida. The Nautilus 110(4):122-138
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