Vasinae

Vasinae, common name the vase snails or vase shells, are a taxonomic subfamily of large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the family Turbinellidae. [1]

Vasinae
A live but retracted individual of Vasum rhinoceras in a tide pool in Mombasa, Kenya, Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Turbinellidae
Subfamily: Vasinae
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1840)
Type genus
Vasum Röding, 1798
Synonyms[1]
  • Cynodontidae MacDonald, 1860
  • Scolyminae Swainson, 1840

Shell description

The radula 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 columella.

Shells of species in this subfamily are fairly large, very thick, and heavy. The shells have low spires and have plaits on the columella. [2]

Genera

Genera within the subfamily Vasinae include:

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

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