Vexillum nitidum is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
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| Shell of Vexillum nitidum | |
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. nitidum
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| †Vexillum nitidum (Schaffer, 1897)
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Description edit
The length attains 26 mm, its diameter 9 mm.
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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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External links 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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