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Vasidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
196299 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196299)
accepted
Family
Cynodontidae MacDonald, 1860 · unaccepted
Vasinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1840) · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Genus Afrivasum Y. Zheng, S. J. Maxwell & Dekkers, 2026
- Genus Altivasum Hedley, 1914
- Genus Aristovasum Vermeij, 2024
- Genus Australivasum Y. Zheng, S. J. Maxwell & Dekkers, 2026
- Genus Florivasum Vermeij, 2024
- Genus Globivasum Abbott, 1950
- Genus Hystrivasum Olsson & Petit, 1964 †
- Genus Lupira Stephenson, 1941 †
- Genus Rhinovasum Vermeij, 2024
- Genus Siphovasum Rehder & Abbott, 1950
- Genus Tudivasum Rosenberg & Petit, 1987
- Genus Vasum Röding, 1798
- Genus Volutella G. Perry, 1810
- Genus Cynodonta Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Vasum Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Tudicula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864 accepted as Tudivasum Rosenberg & Petit, 1987 (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Tudicula Ryckholt, 1862; Tudivasum Rosenberg & Petit, 1987 is a replacement name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): Vol. 1: 155 [details]
page(s): Vol. 1: 155 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vasidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196299 on 2026-02-13
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original description
Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): Vol. 1: 155 [details]
original description (of Cynodontidae MacDonald, 1860) 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. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 23(1): 69-81., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31675634
page(s): 81 [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Vermeij, G. J. (2024). Shell-based genus-level reclassification of the family Vasidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5405(4): 526-544., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5405.4.3 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Zheng, Y.; Maxwell, S. J.; Dekkers, A. M. (2026). New genera within the Vasidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (Gastropoda, Turbinelloidea). <em>Acta Malacologica Inquisitionis.</em> 2(2): 107-113., available online at https://archive.org/details/acta-malacologia-inquisitionis-2-2
page(s): 111-112 [details]
page(s): Vol. 1: 155 [details]
original description (of Cynodontidae MacDonald, 1860) 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. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 23(1): 69-81., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31675634
page(s): 81 [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Vermeij, G. J. (2024). Shell-based genus-level reclassification of the family Vasidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5405(4): 526-544., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5405.4.3 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Zheng, Y.; Maxwell, S. J.; Dekkers, A. M. (2026). New genera within the Vasidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (Gastropoda, Turbinelloidea). <em>Acta Malacologica Inquisitionis.</em> 2(2): 107-113., available online at https://archive.org/details/acta-malacologia-inquisitionis-2-2
page(s): 111-112 [details]
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