Genus Vexilla Swainson, 1840

Museums

Regional Maps

• Vexilla Swainson, W. 1840. A treatise on malacology or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans 419 pp. [May 1840] [69-71, 300] [see also Provexillum; = Strombus vexillum Gmelin].

  Type species:

   Vexilla picta Swainson, 1840 by monotypy.
• Provexillum Hedley, 1918 [Journal of the Royal Society of New South Wales, supplement to vol. 51: 93; Unnecessary substitute name for Vexilla Swainson, 1840, by Hedley considered to be preoccupied by Vexillum Röding, 1798.; new name for Vexilla].

  Type species:

   Vexilla picta Swainson, 1840 by original designation (by typification of replaced name).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific, to Hawaiian Islands

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [49]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	MURICIDAE	12-Oct-2011	ADDED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		11-Oct-2011	MODIFIED