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Vexilla (gastropod)

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Vexilla
Vexilla vexillum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

Provexillum Hedley, 1918

Vexilla is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

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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

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Species within the genus Vexilla include:

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

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  • 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
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