Rhinovasum rhinoceros

Rhinovasum rhinoceros
Rhinovasum rhinoceros in a tide pool in Mombasa, Kenya, Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Vasidae
Genus: Rhinovasum
Species:
R. rhinoceros
Binomial name
Rhinovasum rhinoceros
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Vasum rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791) superseded combination
  • Voluta rhinoceros Gmelin, 1791 ยท

Rhinovasum 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 Vasidae.

Subspecies
  • Rhinovasum rhinoceros attolinoi (T. Cossignani, 2017)
  • Rhinovasum rhinoceros rhinoceros (Gmelin, 1791)
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