Vexillum (gastropod)

Vexillum
	An apertural view of a shell of Vexillum taeniatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum; Röding, 1798
Type species
	Vexillum plicatum; Röding, 1798
Synonyms
	Arenimitra Iredale, 1929; Callithea Swainson, 1840 (invalid: junior homonym of Callithea Feisthamel, 1835; Pulchritima is a replacement name); Costellaria Swainson, 1840; Mitra (Callithea) Swainson, 1840; Mitra (Costellaria) Swainson, 1840; Mitra (Harpaeformis) Lesson, 1842; Mitra (Tiara) Swainson, 1831; Mitra (Turricula) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853; Mitra (Uromitra) ·; Mitra (Vulpecula) Blainville, 1824; Mitropifex Iredale, 1929; Pulchritima Iredale, 1929; Pusiolina Cossmann, 1921; Tiara Swainson, 1831; Tiara (Callithea) Swainson, 1840 (original rank); Tiara (Costellaria) Swainson, 1840; Turricula Fabricius, 1823 non Schumacher, 1817; Turricula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853; Turricula (Callithea) Swainson, 1840 ·; Turricula (Costellaria) Swainson, 1840; †Turricula (Uromitra) Bellardi, 1887; Turricula (Vulpecula) Blainville, 1824; Uromitra Bellardi, 1887; Vexillum (Costellaria) Swainson, 1840; †Vexillum (Uromitra) Bellardi, 1888; Vexillum (Vexillum) Röding, 1798; Vulpecula Blainville, 1824; Zierliana Gray, 1847;

Vexillum is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Costellariidae.

This genus is not monophyletic. The genus Vexillum contains about 80% of costellariid diversity. It is considered a "dumping ground" for an array of unrelated forms.

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