Hystrivasum squamosum

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

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)

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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