Vexillum nitidum
Appearance
Vexillum nitidum | |
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Shell of Vexillum nitidum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
Family: | Costellariidae |
Genus: | Vexillum |
Species: | †V. nitidum
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Binomial name | |
†Vexillum nitidum (Schaffer, 1897)
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Vexillum nitidum is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
Description
[edit]The length attains 26 mm (1.0 in), its diameter 9 mm (0.35 in).[citation needed]
Distribution
[edit]Fossils of this marine species were found in middle Miocene strata of the Vienna Basin, Western Carpathians, Slovakia; also in Tuscany, Italy.
References
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- 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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