Hystrivasum
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| Hystrivasum | |
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| 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 Pleistocene deposits of Florida.
Species
Species within the genus Hystrivasum include:
- Hystrivasum horridum
- Hystrivasum jacksonense
- Hystrivasum locklini
- Hystrivasum squamosum
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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