Vexillum brevior

Vexillum brevior
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	†V. brevior
Binomial name
	†Vexillum brevior; (Friedberg, 1911)
Synonyms
	† Turricula recticosta var. breviorFriedberg, 1911

Last updated July 30, 2025

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

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata in Poland and Slovakia.

References

1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vexillum brevior (Friedberg, 1911) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1473080 on 2023-03-14

MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vexillum brevior (Friedberg, 1911) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1473080 on 2023-03-14
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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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vexillum brevior (Friedberg, 1911) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1473080 on 2023-03-14

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