Vexillum michelottii
| Vexillum michelottii | |
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| Shell of † Vexillum michelottii (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | †V. michelottii
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| Binomial name | |
| †Vexillum michelottii (M. Hörnes, 1852)
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Vexillum michelottii is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata of the Paratethys Sea; in Pliocene strata in the Alpes-Maritimes, France.
References
[edit]- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vexillum michelottii (M. Hörnes, 1852) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1515563 on 2023-04-16
- Hörnes, M. (1851-1856). Die fossilen Mollusken des Tertiär-Beckens von Wien. I. Univalven. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt. 3: 1–736, pls 1-52
- Cossmann (M.), 1899 Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée. livraison 3, p. 1-201
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