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WoRMS name details

Vasum muricatum (Born, 1778)

AphiaID

420079 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420079)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Volutella muricata (Born, 1778)

Rank

Species

Parent

Vasum Röding, 1798

Original name

Voluta muricata Born, 1778

Synonymised names

Turbinella pugillaris Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted

Vasum urna Röding, 1798 · unaccepted

Volutella divergens G. Perry, 1810 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Voluta muricata Born, 1778) Born, I. von. (1778). Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]: Kraus. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Vasum muricatum (Born, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420079 on 2026-01-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-10-06 12:38:14Z

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2011-09-26 23:58:09Z

checked

Rosenberg, Gary

2024-02-11 05:02:01Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description (of Voluta muricata Born, 1778) Born, I. von. (1778). Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]: Kraus. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890 [details]

basis of record Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Warmke, G. L. (1958). Radula and operculum of Vasum capitellum. The Nautilus. 72(1): 29-30, pl. 4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8521062
page(s): pl. 4, figs. 1, 3, 5 [details]

additional source Shuster, C. N., Jr. & Bode, W. T. (1961). Observations on Vasum globulus nuttingi, with comments on other Caribbean vase shells. The Nautilus. 75(1): 1-7, figs. a-d., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8282915 [details]

additional source Vokes, E. H. (1966). The genus Vasum (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the New World. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology. 5(1): 1-36.
page(s): 15 [details] Available for editors

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