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.
| Vasinae | |
|---|---|
| A live but retracted individual of Vasum rhinoceras in a tide pool in Mombasa, Kenya, Africa | |
| Scientific 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 | |
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