Vexillum pseudoschafferi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
Vexillum pseudoschafferi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
Family: | Costellariidae |
Genus: | Vexillum |
Species: | †V. pseudoschafferi
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Binomial name | |
†Vexillum pseudoschafferi Biskupič, 2020
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 11.7 mm, its diameter 4.4 mm.
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Distribution
editFossils of this marine species were found in middle Miocene strata of the Vienna Basin (Slovakia).
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vexillum pseudoschafferi Biskupic, 2020 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1473077 on 2023-04-30
- 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