| Globivasum intermedium | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Vasidae |
| Genus: | Globivasum |
| Species: | †G. intermedium
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| Binomial name | |
| †Globivasum intermedium (Grateloup, 1832)
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Globivasum intermedium is an extinct species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vasidae.1 Originally called as Turbinella intermedia by Jean-Pierre-Louis Grateloup in 1852, the old term was originally from Oligocene fossils in southwestern France.2
Description
The height of the shell attains 65 mm.
Distribution
Fossils of this marine species have been found in Oligocene strata of the Adour Basin, France.
References
References
- Globivasum intermedium (Grateloup, 1832). 13 February 2026). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
- Lozouet, P. (2021). Turbinelloidea, Mitroidea, Olivoidea, Babyloniidae et Harpidae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda) de l'Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l'Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 23: 3-69.
External links
External links
- Grateloup, J.P.S. (1832-1835). Tableau des coquilles fossiles qu'on rencontre dans les terrains calcaires tertiaires (faluns) des environs de Dax, département des Landes. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 5(3): 132-171
- Orbigny A. D. d'. (1850-1852). Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Paris: Masson. vol. 1
- Vermeij, G.J. (2024). "Shell-based genus-level reclassification of the family Vasidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda)". Zootaxa. 5405 (4). Retrieved 13 February 2026.