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Vasidae
Vasidae, common name the vase snails or vase shells, are a taxonomic family of large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Turbinelloidea. Before 2024 it was considered as a subfamily of the Turbinellidae. Despite their historical inclusion in Turbinelloidea, they have been found by phylogenetic analysis to form a well-supported clade with Buccinoidea, while there is less support for a buccinoid clade to the exclusion of Vasidae, leading to the suggestion of including Vasidae in Buccinoidea.
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Vasidae, common name the vase snails or vase shells, are a taxonomic family of large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Turbinelloidea. Before 2024 it was considered as a subfamily of the Turbinellidae. Despite their historical inclusion in Turbinelloidea, they have been found by phylogenetic analysis to form a well-supported clade with Buccinoidea, while there is less support for a buccinoid clade to the exclusion of Vasidae, leading to the suggestion of including Vasidae in Buccinoidea.
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