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Vasum frequens

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Vasum frequens
Shell of Vasum frequens (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Turbinellidae
Subfamily: Vasinae
Genus: Vasum
Species:
V. frequens
Binomial name
Vasum frequens
(Mayer-Eymar, 1895)
Synonyms
  • Eovasum frequens (Mayer-Eymar, 1895)
  • Turbinella frequens Mayer-Eymar, 1895

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

Description

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Measurements of the shell : 47 mm x 44 mm.

Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species have been found in Eocene strata of Egypt

References

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  • Cossmann (M.), 1901 Additions à la faune nummulitique d'Égypte. Bulletin de l'Institut Égyptien, sér. 4, t. 1, vol. 6, p. 173–197
  • Cossmann (M.), 1901 Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée. livraison 4, p. 1–293, fig. 1-31
  • Douvillé (H.), 1921 - Mélanges paléontologiques : genre Eovasum - Glauconiidae, Pleuroceratidae, Pirenidae - genre Itruvia. Journal de Conchyliologie, vol. 66, p. 1–18
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