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Vexillum hastatum

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Vexillum hastatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 9 mm.


Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species were found in Oligocene strata in Germany.

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