Vasum frequens

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Vasum frequens
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Shell of Vasum frequens (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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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 frequensMayer-Eymar, 1895

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

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Description

Measurements of the shell : 47 mm x 44 mm.

Distribution

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

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