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Vexillum schafferi

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Species of gastropod

Vexillum schafferi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species: †V. schafferi
Binomial name
†Vexillum schafferi
(Meznerics, 1933)

Vexillum schafferi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in middle Miocene strata in the Vienna Basin the former Paratethys Sea (Slovakia).

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vexillum schafferi (Meznerics, 1933) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1473078 on 2023-05-06
  • Biskupič R. (2020). A new evidence of Vexillum (Gastropoda: Costellariidae) from the middle Miocene (Serravallian) of the Vienna Basin (Slovakia). Acta Geologica Slovaca. 12(2): 75–88.
Taxon identifiers
Vexillum schafferi


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