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Hystrivasum

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Extinct genus of gastropods

Hystrivasum
Five views of a fossil shell of Hystrivasum squamosum (Hollister 1971)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
cladeHypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Turbinellidae
Subfamily: Vasinae
Genus: Hystrivasum
Vokes, 1966

Hystrivasum is an extinct genus of medium-sized fossil predatory gastropods in the family Turbinellidae. The species in this genus are known from the Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits of Florida.

Species

Species within the genus Hystrivasum include:

References

  • E. H. Vokes. 1966. The genus Vasum (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the new world. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 5(1):1-35
Taxon identifiers
Hystrivasum
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