Vexillum intermittens | |
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Drawing of a shell of Vexillum intermittens (holotype) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
Family: | Costellariidae |
Genus: | Vexillum |
Species: | †V. intermittens
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Binomial name | |
†Vexillum intermittens (R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1880)
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Synonyms | |
† Mitra (Costellaria) intermittens R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1880 |
Vexillum intermittens is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
The length of the shell varies between 11 mm and 18 mm, its diameter between 3.5 mm and 5 mm.
Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata in the former Paratethys Sea