WoRMS taxon details
Vexilla vexillum (Gmelin, 1791)
AphiaID: 215762
AphiaID: 215762
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Muricidae (Family) > Rapaninae (Subfamily) > Vexilla (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Vexilla Swainson, 1840 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Strombus vexillum Gmelin, 1791 (original combination) Vexilla lineata A. Adams, 1853 (synonym) Vexilla picta Swainson, 1840 Vexilla thaanumi Pilsbry, 1921 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: 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] from synonym: Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice [details] [view taxon] identification resource: Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. Pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Madagascar [details] Mascarene Basin (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Tanzania [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Authority: Authority (Gmelin, 1791) in Drivas & Jay, 1988 [details] | |||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215762 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Houart, R. (2013). Vexilla vexillum (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215762 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||
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