Vexillum schafferi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
| Vexillum schafferi | |
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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. schafferi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Vexillum schafferi (Meznerics, 1933)
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Distribution
editFossils of this marine species were found in middle Miocene strata in the Vienna Basin the former Paratethys Sea (Slovakia).
References
edit- ^ 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.
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