Vexilla is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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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[1] | |
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Provexillum Hedley, 1918 | |
Description edit
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.[2]
Species edit
Species within the genus Vexilla include:
- Vexilla taeniata (Powis, 1835)[3]
- Vexilla vexillum (Gmelin, 1791)[4]
- 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):[5] synonym of Cronia avenacea (Lesson, 1842): synonum of Usilla avenacea (Lesson, 1842)
References edit
- ^ a b 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 edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vexilla (Gastropoda).
- 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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