Vexillum jasperi Wienrich and Janssen 2007 (ribbed mitre)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae

Full reference: G. Wienrich and R. Janssen. 2007. Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein). Band 4 Gastropoda ab Mitridae. Backhuys Publishers BV Leiden 4:643-954

Belongs to Vexillum according to G. Wienrich and R. Janssen 2007

Sister taxa: Vexillum (Costellaria), Vexillum (Pusia), Vexillum (Vexillum), Vexillum acupictum, Vexillum amanda, Vexillum cadaverosum, Vexillum coronatum, Vexillum daedalum, Vexillum deshayesi, Vexillum echinatum, Vexillum exasperatum, Vexillum lindequisti, Vexillum lornense, Vexillum plicaria, Vexillum polygonum, Vexillum sanguisugum, Vexillum unifascialis, Vexillum wandoense

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bore Kevelaer, depth 95m, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in Germany

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bore Kevelaer, depth 95m

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