Vasum frequens

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| image_caption = Shell of Vasum frequens (specimen at MNHN, Paris)

| taxon =Vasum frequens

| extinct = yes

| authority = (Mayer-Eymar, 1895)

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  • Eovasum frequens (Mayer-Eymar, 1895)
  • Turbinella frequens Mayer-Eymar, 1895

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Vasum frequens is an extinct species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae. [https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/f/item/j08200?listIndex=7&listCount=7 MNHN, Paris: Vasum frequens]

Description

Measurements of the shell : 47 mm x 44 mm.

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Distribution

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