Vexilla (gastropod)

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Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Vexilla
Vexilla vexillum
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

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