African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Vexilla Swainson, 1840

AphiaID

205699 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205699)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Rapaninae Gray, 1853

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Species Vexilla taeniata (Powis, 1835)
Species Vexilla vexillum (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Vexilla fusconigra Pease, 1860 accepted as Usilla avenacea (Lesson, 1842) (synonym)
Species Vexilla lineata A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Vexilla vexillum (Gmelin, 1791) (synonym)
Species Vexilla variabilis (Deshayes, 1863) accepted as Cronia avenacea (Lesson, 1842) accepted as Usilla avenacea (Lesson, 1842)

Environment

marine

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]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Vexilla Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205699 on 2024-04-19

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024). African Register of Marine Species. Vexilla Swainson, 1840. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205699 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2002-01-09 18:51:18Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-29 11:38:53Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2009-05-24 14:05:01Z

changed

Houart, Roland

2009-06-11 10:56:00Z

changed

Houart, Roland

2012-12-28 02:00:29Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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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]

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

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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Vexilla vexillum

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