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Globivasum intermedium

Globivasum intermedium is an extinct species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vasidae. Originally called as Turbinella intermedia by Jean-Pierre-Louis Grateloup in 1852, the old term was originally from Oligocene fossils in southwestern France.

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251 w
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Globivasum intermedium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Vasidae
Genus: Globivasum
Species:
G. intermedium
Binomial name
Globivasum intermedium
(Grateloup, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Turbinella intermedia Grateloup, 1832 (original combination)
  • Turbinella submuricata d'Orbigny, 1852
  • Vasum intermedium (Grateloup, 1832) superseded combination

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

  1. Globivasum intermedium (Grateloup, 1832). 13 February 2026). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. "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.
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