Vexillum extraneum

Vexillum extraneum
	Shell of Vexillum extraneum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	†V. extraneum
Binomial name
	†Vexillum extraneum; (Deshayes, 1865)
Synonyms
	† Mitra extraneum Deshayes, 1865 superseded combination; † Turricula (Fusimitra) extranea (Deshayes, 1865); † Vexillum (Uromitra) extraneum (Deshayes, 1865);

Vexillum extraneum 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 Eocene strata in Picardy, France.

^ ^a ^b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vexillum extraneum (Deshayes, 1865) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1571451 on 2023-03-01

Cossmann (M.), 1899 - Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée. livraison 3, p. 1-201
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.

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