WoRMS taxon details
Vexilla Swainson, 1840
205699 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205699)
accepted
Genus
Vexilla picta Swainson, 1840 accepted as Vexilla vexillum (Gmelin, 1791) (type by monotypy)
Provexillum Hedley, 1918 · unaccepted (unnecessary nom. nov. pro...)
unnecessary nom. nov. pro Vexilla, by Hedley treated as a junior homonym of Vexillum Röding, 1798
- Species Vexilla taeniata (Powys, 1835)
- Species Vexilla vexillum (Gmelin, 1791)
- Subgenus Vexilla (Usilla) H. Adams, 1861 accepted as Usilla H. Adams, 1861 (original rank)
- Species Vexilla fusconigra Pease, 1860 accepted as Usilla avenacea (R. P. Lesson, 1842) (synonym)
- Species Vexilla lineata A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Vexilla vexillum (Gmelin, 1791) (synonym)
- Species Vexilla picta Swainson, 1840 accepted as Vexilla vexillum (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Vexilla thaanumi Pilsbry, 1921 accepted as Vexilla vexillum (Gmelin, 1791) (original combination)
- Species Vexilla variabilis (Deshayes, 1863) accepted as Cronia avenacea (R. P. Lesson, 1842) accepted as Usilla avenacea (R. P. Lesson, 1842)
marine
Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vexilla Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205699 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450 [details]
original description (of Provexillum Hedley, 1918) Hedley, C. (1918). A checklist of the marine fauna of New South Wales. Part 1. <em>Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales.</em> 51: M1-M120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41686158
page(s): M93 [details]
original description (of Provexillum Hedley, 1918) Hedley, C. (1918). A checklist of the marine fauna of New South Wales. Part 1. <em>Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales.</em> 51: M1-M120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41686158
page(s): M93 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
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. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 66: 91–102. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013]. [details] Available for editors 
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
