Vexillum bouryi

Short description: Species of gastropod

Vexillum bouryi

Shell of † Vexillum bouryi (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. bouryi

Binomial name
†Vexillum bouryi

(Cossmann, 1889)

Synonyms[1]

* † Mitra bouryi Cossmann, 1889 > superseded combination
* † Turricula (Fusimitra) bouryi (Cossmann, 1889)
* † Vexillum (Uromitra) bouryi (Cossmann, 1889) superseded combination

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

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm, its diameter 7 mm.

## Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata in Ile-de-France, France.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vexillum bouryi (Cossmann, 1889) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1571454 on 2023-03-01

* 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.

## External links

* Cossmann M. (1889). Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris. Annales de la Société Royale Malacologique de Belgique. 24: 3-381, pl. 1-12

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