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Vexillum nitidum

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Vexillum nitidum
Shell of Vexillum nitidum
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. nitidum
Binomial name
Vexillum nitidum
(Schaffer, 1897)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra nitida Schaffer, 1897
  • Uromitra nitida (L.M.D. Bellardi, 1887)

Vexillum nitidum is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

Description

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The length attains 26 mm (1.0 in), its diameter 9 mm (0.35 in).[citation needed]

Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species were found in middle Miocene strata of the Vienna Basin, Western Carpathians, Slovakia; also in Tuscany, Italy.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Vexillum nitidum (Schaffer, 1897) †. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1473079 on 2023-04-22

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Further reading

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  • Bellardi, L. (1887). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte V. Mitridae (continuazione). Ermanno Loescher, Torino, 72 pp., 2 pl.
  • Biskupič, Radoslav (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 – via academia.edu.
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