Biology:Vasum rhinoceros
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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Vasum rhinoceros in a tide pool in Mombasa, Kenya, Africa | |
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Species: | V. rhinoceros
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Vasum rhinoceros |
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]
Distribution
This species occurs in:
- Tanzania
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "Vasum rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791)". https://www.gbif.org/species/4363316.
- "Vasum (Vasum) rhinoceros rhinoceros" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/4/Shell_1534.shtml.
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
Wikidata ☰ Q7917035 entry