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.
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Five views of a fossil shell of Hystrivasum squamosum (Hollister 1971) | |
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Genus: | Hystrivasum Vokes, 1966
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Species
editSpecies within the genus Hystrivasum include:[1]
References
edit- E. H. Vokes. 1966. The genus Vasum (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the new world. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 5(1):1-35