Vasidae

Vasidae
A live but retracted individual of Vasum rhinoceras in a tide pool in Mombasa, Kenya, Africa
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Vasidae
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1840)
Type genus
Vasum Röding, 1798
Synonyms
  • Cynodontidae MacDonald, 1860
  • Vasinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1840) superseded rank

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.