Vasum pugnus is an extinct species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae. [1]

Vasum pugnus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Turbinellidae
Subfamily: Vasinae
Genus: Vasum
Species:
V. pugnus
Binomial name
Vasum pugnus
Pilsbry and Johnson, 1917

Description

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Measurements of the (incomplete) shell: 71.6 mm x 35.5 mm.

References

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  • E. H. Vokes. 1998. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 18. The Superfamily Volutacea (in part) (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 113(354):1-54
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