''Vasum cancellatum'' is an extinct
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of medium to large
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 ...
, a
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
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 recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
in the
family
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Turbinellidae
Turbinellidae are a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. Members of this family are predators.
Distribution
Species in this family are found worldwide, mostly in tropical shallow waters but some in deep w ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vasum cancellatum (Grateloup, 1845) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1551510 on 2023-01-24]
Description
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Distribution
Fossils of this marine species have been found in
Oligocene
The Oligocene ( ) is a geologic epoch (geology), epoch of the Paleogene Geologic time scale, Period that extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present ( to ). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that defin ...
strata of the
Landes, France.
References
* Rovereto, G. (1900). Illustrazione dei molluschi fossili tongriani posseduti dal Museo Geologico della R. Universita' di Genova. Atti della R. Universita' di Genova. 15: 1–210, 1-9 pls.
* Lozouet, P. (2021). Turbinelloidea, Mitroidea, Olivoidea, Babyloniidae et Harpidae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda) de l'Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l'Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 23: 3-69.
External links
Grateloup J.P.-S. (1845-1847). Conchyliologie fossile des terrains tertiaires du Bassin de l'Adour (environs de Dax). 1, Univalves. Atlas. Bordeaux: Lafargue. 1845: plates 1, 3, 5, 10, 12-48 and their explanatory texts; 1847: pls 2, 4, 11, pp. i-xx, and Table générale pp. 1-12Michelotti, G. (1861). Études sur le Miocène inférieur de l'Italie septentrionale. Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem, tweede verzameling. 14: 1-183, 16 plMichelotti, G. (1861). Études sur le Miocène inférieur de l'Italie septentrionale. Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem, tweede verzameling. 14: 1-183, 16 plsSacco, F. (1904). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XXX. Aggiunte e correzioni. Considerazioni generali. Indice generale dell'opera. Torino: Clausen. xxxvi + 203 pp., 31 plsPeyrot A. (1925-1928). Conchologie néogénique de l'Aquitaine. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 77(2): 51-194
cancellatum
Gastropods described in 1845
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