| Vasum globulus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Turbinellidae |
| Subfamily: | Vasinae |
| Genus: | Vasum |
| Species: | V. globulus |
| Binomial name | |
| Vasum globulus Lamarck, 1816 |
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Vasum globulus is a rare species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinellidae, subfamily Vasinae, the vase snails.
The shell of the species is almost round, which is unusual in vase snails, hence the specific name globulus. The maximum recorded size of the shell is 43 mm, but it is small compared to that of other species in the same genus.
This species is endemic to a few small islands in the Leeward Island chain of the Lesser Antilles, West Indies. It has been recorded from the following islands: