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Vexillum schafferi

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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.[1]

Distribution

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

References

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  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.