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Pacific Top Vase

Vasum turbinellus (Linnaeus 1758)

Description

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Habitat: rocky shores Shell with low spire, up to 9 cm. Small and large, blunt spines (often eroded) on shoulders of whorls. Columella with 5-6 folds. Colour white with brown blotches; aperture yellowish-white; outer lip blotched with black. Habitat: lower eulittoral reef areas. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997).
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bibliographic citation
Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp. Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp.
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