Vasidae,

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the vase snails or vase shells, are a

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of large

predatory Predation is a biological interaction in which one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill ...

sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

s, marine

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s within the superfamily

Turbinelloidea Turbinelloidea is a superfamily (taxonomy), superfamily of sea snails in the order Neogastropoda. It comprises the following families:MolluscaBase (2018). Turbinelloidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: htt ...

. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Vasidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196299 on 2024-09-10 Before 2024 it was considered as a subfamily of the Turbinellidae.

Shell description

The

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on the lingual membrane occur in three series, the central recurved, toothed at the tip, the lateral not versatile; the central tooth is broad, few-toothed; the lateral teeth are narrow, strong, with a single large denticle. The mantle is enclosed, with a straight siphon. The operculum is ovate, acute, with the nucleus apical. The shell is more or less turbinate, with plaits on the middle of the

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. Shells of species in this subfamily are fairly large, very thick, and heavy. The shells have low

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s and have plaits on the

. Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
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Genera

Genera within the subfamily Vasinae include: * ''

Altivasum ''Altivasum'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinellidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Altivasum Hedley, 1914. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aph ...

'' Hedley, 1914 * '' Aristovasum'' Vermeij, 2024 * ''

Enigmavasum ''Enigmavasum'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recog ...

'' Poppe & Tagaro, 2005: belongs to Neogastropoda incertae sedis (Superfamily) * † '' Fyfea'' Finlay & Marwick, 1937: belongs to the Turbinellidae * '' Globivasum'' Abbott, 1950 * † '' Hystrivasum'' Olsson & Petit, 1964 † * '' Rhinovasum'' Vermeij, 2024 * '' Siphovasum'' Rehder & Abbott, 1950 * ''

Tudivasum ''Tudivasum'' is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Vasinae, the vase shells, within the family (biology), family Turbinellidae. Species Species within the genus ''Tudivasum'' include: *''Tudivasum armigerum' ...

'' Rosenberg & Petit, 1987 * ''

Vasum ''Vasum'', common name the vase snails or vase shells, is a genus of mostly rather large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Vasinae within the family Turbinellidae.Bouchet, P. (2011). Vasum Röding, 1798. Accessed ...

'' Röding, 1798 * '' Volutella'' G. Perry, 1810 ;Synonyms: * ''Cynodonta'' Schumacher, 1817: synonym of ''Vasum'' Röding, 1798 * ''Globivasum'' Abbott, 1950: synonym of ''Vasum'' Röding, 1798 * ''Scolymus'' Swainson, 1835: synonym of ''Vasum'' Röding, 1798 * ''Tudicula'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864: synonym of ''Tudivasum'' Rosenberg & Petit, 1987 (junior homonym of ''Tudicula'' Ryckholt, 1862) * ''Volutella'' Perry, 1810: synonym of ''Vasum'' Röding, 1798

References

External links

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Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp
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Abbott R.T.(1950) - The Genera Xancus and Vasum in the Western Atlantic; Johnsonia v. 2 19-32

Abbott, R. T. (1959). The family Vasidae in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca. 1 (1): 15-32

Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397.
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