Vexillum hastatum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
Family: | Costellariidae |
Genus: | Vexillum |
Species: | †V. hastatum |
Binomial name | |
†Vexillum hastatum (D.L.G. Karsten, 1849 ) | |
Vexillum hastatum is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. [1]
The length of the shell attains 9 mm.
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Fossils of this marine species were found in Oligocene strata in Germany.
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