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Hystrivasum squamosum

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Extinct species of gastropod

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
Species: H. squamosum
Binomial name
Hystrivasum squamosum
(Hollister, 1971)

Hystrivasum squamosum is an extinct species of medium-sized fossil sea snail, a predatory marine gastropod in the family Turbinellidae.

References

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