WoRMS taxon details
Vexilla Swainson, 1840
AphiaID: 205699
AphiaID: 205699
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Muricidae (Family) > Rapaninae (Subfamily) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Vexilla picta Swainson, 1840 (type by monotypy) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Rapaninae Gray, 1853 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Provexillum Hedley, 1918 (unnecessary nom. nov. pro Vexilla, by Hedley treated as a junior homonym of Vexillum Röding, 1798) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
from synonym: 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. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013], available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.014 [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Vexilla taeniata (Powis, 1835) Species Vexilla vexillum (Gmelin, 1791) Species Vexilla fusconigra Pease, 1860 accepted as Cronia (Usilla) avenacea (Lesson, 1842) Species Vexilla lineata A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Vexilla vexillum (Gmelin, 1791) Species Vexilla picta Swainson, 1840 accepted as Vexilla vexillum (Gmelin, 1791) Species Vexilla thaanumi Pilsbry, 1921 accepted as Vexilla vexillum (Gmelin, 1791) Species Vexilla variabilis (Deshayes, 1863) accepted as Cronia (Usilla) avenacea (Lesson, 1842) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||
| Link | To GenBank | |||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205699 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bouchet, P.; Houart, R. (2013). Vexilla Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205699 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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