Vasum rhinoceros

Species of gastropod

Vasum rhinoceros

Vasum rhinoceros in a tide pool in Mombasa, Kenya, Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Family:  | Turbinellidae
Subfamily:  | Vasinae
Genus:  | Vasum
Species:  |

V. rhinoceros

Binomial name
Vasum rhinoceros

(Gmelin, 1791)

Synonyms[1]

Voluta rhinoceros Gmelin, 1791 ·

Vasum rhinoceros, common name the rhinoceros vase snail or rhinoceros vase shell, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk within the family Turbinellidae.[1][2]

Subspecies

* Vasum rhinoceros attolinoi T. Cossignani, 2017
* Vasum rhinoceros rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791)

Vasum rhinoceros shell

## Description[edit]

The length of the shell: up to 90 mm, similar to Vasum turbinellus, in shape, but more rosy pink with light brown patches. The parietal wall is yellow-brown.The columella is wide, orange pink, with only three folds and large nodules on the shoulder. (Richmond, 1997).

## Distribution[edit]

This species occurs in the Western Indian Ocean off Tanzania and Kenya.

## Habitat[edit]

Shallow, rocky, sandy substrata.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2011). Vasum rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211102 on 2011-12-14
2. ^ "Vasum rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791)".

* Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56

## External links[edit]

* Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
* Abbott, R. T. (1959). The family Vasidae in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca. 1 (1): 15-32
* "Vasum (Vasum) rhinoceros rhinoceros". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q7917035
* BioLib: 575878
* CoL: 7FJV3
* GBIF: 4363316
* iNaturalist: 748648
* IRMNG: 10822977
* WoRMS: 211102

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