Hystrivasum

Hystrivasum
Five views of a fossil shell of Hystrivasum squamosum (Hollister 1971)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Turbinellidae
Subfamily:	Vasinae
Genus:	Hystrivasum Olsson & Petit, 1964
Synonyms
† Vasum (Hystrivasum)Olsson & Petit, 1964 superseded rank

Hystrivasum is an extinct genus of medium-sized fossil predatory gastropods in the family Vasidae. ^[1]

The species in this genus are known from the Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits of Florida.

Species

Species within the genus Hystrivasum include:

• † Hystrivasum barkleyae Petuch, 1994
• Hystrivasum chilesi Petuch, 1994
• † Hystrivasum griffini Petuch, 1994
• † Hystrivasum hertweckorum Petuch, 1994
• Hystrivasum horridum (Heilprin, 1886)
• † Hystrivasum hyshugari Petuch, 1994
• Hystrivasum jacksonense (E. H. Vokes, 1966)
• † Hystrivasum kissimeense (Hollister, 1971) †
• † Hystrivasum lindae Petuch, 1994
• Hystrivasum locklini (Olsson & Harbison, 1953)
• † Hystrivasum martinshugari Petuch, 1994
• † Hystrivasum olssoni (E. H. Vokes, 1966)
• † Hystrivasum palmerae (Hollister, 1971)
• † Hystrivasum schrinerae (Hollister, 1971)
• Hystrivasum squamosum (Hollister, 1971)
• † Hystrivasum violetae Petuch, 1994
• † Hystrivasum vokesae (Hollister, 1971)

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Hystrivasum Olsson & Petit, 1964 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1735907 on 2026-02-13

• E. H. Vokes. 1966. The genus Vasum (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the new world. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 5(1):1-35

Exyternal links

• Olsson, A. A. & Petit R. E. (1964). "Some Neogene Mollusca from Florida and the Carolinas". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 47 (217): 547.