- Source: Vasidae
Vasidae, common name the vase snails or vase shells, are a taxonomic family of large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Turbinelloidea.
Before 2024 it was considered as a subfamily of the Turbinellidae.
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.
Genera
Genera within the subfamily Vasinae include:
Altivasum Hedley, 1914
Aristovasum Vermeij, 2024
Enigmavasum 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 Rosenberg & Petit, 1987
Vasum 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
Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853–1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London: van Voorst. p. vol 1: 155. Retrieved 10 September 2024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp
MacDonald, J.D. (1860). "Further observations on the metamorphosis of Gasteropoda, and the affinities of certain genera, with an attempted distribution of the principal families of the order". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 23 (1): 81.
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.