| Vexillum
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| An apertural view of a shell of Vexillum taeniatum
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Mollusca
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| Class:
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Gastropoda
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| Subclass:
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Caenogastropoda
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| Order:
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Neogastropoda
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| Superfamily:
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Turbinelloidea
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| Family:
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Costellariidae
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| Genus:
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Vexillum
Röding, 1798
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| Type species
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Vexillum plicatum
Röding, 1798
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| Synonyms
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- 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
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Vexillum is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs 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.