Vasum tuberculatum explained

Vasum tuberculatum is an extinct species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae. ^[1]

Description

The height of the shell: 111 mm, its diameter 86 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene to Pliocene strata of the Dominican Republic and Venezuela. (age range: 20.43 to 3.6 Ma Ma)

References

• E. H. Vokes. 1998. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 18. The Superfamily Volutacea (in part) (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 113(354):1-54

External links

• Vokes, Emily H. "The age of the Baitoa Formation, Dominican Republic, using Mollusca for correlation." Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 15.4 (1979): 105-116.

Notes and References

1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=243196 Fossilworks: Vasum tuberculatum