Vexillum bouryi

Vexillum bouryi
Shell of † Vexillum bouryi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	†V. bouryi
Binomial name
†Vexillum bouryi (Cossmann, 1889)
Synonyms [1]
† Mitra bouryiCossmann, 1889 > superseded combination † Turricula (Fusimitra) bouryi(Cossmann, 1889) † Vexillum (Uromitra) bouryi(Cossmann, 1889) superseded combination

Vexillum bouryi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm, its diameter 7 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata in Ile-de-France, France.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vexillum bouryi (Cossmann, 1889) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1571454 on 2023-03-01

• Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1911 - Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pl. 26-45
• Le Renard, J. & Pacaud, J. (1995). Révision des mollusques Paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. II. Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana. 3: 65–132.

External links

• Cossmann M. (1889). Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris. Annales de la Société Royale Malacologique de Belgique. 24: 3-381, pl. 1-12