Common name : vase shells (Australian trumpet or false trumpet for Syrinx aruana)

Aspect : thick, solid, and heavy shells, fusiform/spindle-shaped; featuring a high to medium spire with a large body whorl; long, open siphonal canal; corneous operculum

Feeding : carnivorous predators; feed on Tube-dwelling polychaete worms (their most common prey), bivalves in some cases and occasionally sipunculans (peanut worms)

Environment : mostly soft sediments (sand, mud, or sandy-mud bottoms), sometimes coral reefs, from intertidal/shallow coastal waters to deep water (over 200 m); common in the Indo-Pacific, Western Atlantic (Caribbean), and some Australian waters