Vexilla
Vexilla vexillum
Scientific 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]

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 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)

• 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

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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