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| Vexilla vexillum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Rapaninae |
| Genus: | Vexilla Swainson, 1840 |
| Type species | |
| Vexilla picta Swainson, 1840 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Provexillum Hedley, 1918 | |
Vexilla is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description
The shell is purpuriform. The inner lip is flattened and depressed. The outer lip, when adult, is thickened, inflected, and toothed. The aperture is wide.
Species
Species within the genus Vexilla include:
- Vexilla taeniata (Powis, 1835)
- Vexilla vexillum (Gmelin, 1791)
- Synonyms
- Vexilla (Usilla) H. Adams, 1861: synonym of Usilla H. Adams, 1861 (original rank)
- Vexilla fusconigra Pease, 1860: synonym of Usilla avenacea (Lesson, 1842)
- Vexilla lineata A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Vexilla vexillum (Gmelin, 1791)
- Vexilla picta Swainson, 1840: synonym of Vexilla vexillum (Gmelin, 1791)
- Vexilla thaanumi Pilsbry, 1921: synonym of Vexilla vexillum (Gmelin, 1791) (original combination)
- Vexilla variabilis (Deshayes, 1863): synonym of Cronia avenacea (Lesson, 1842): synonum of Usilla avenacea (Lesson, 1842)
References
- ^ Vexilla Swainson, 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
- Vexilla taeniata (Powis, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Vexilla vexillum (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Vexilla variabilis (Deshayes, 1863). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Claremont, M., Vermeij, G. J., Williams, S. T. & Reid, D. G. (2013). Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66: 91–102
External links
- Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp
- Hedley, C. (1918). A checklist of the marine fauna of New South Wales. Part 1. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. 51: M1-M120.
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