| Vexilla | |
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| 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 pictaSwainson, 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:
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