Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Muricoidea > Family Costellariidae > Genus Vexillum

Vexillum tricolor (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Vexillum*	Röding, 1798	accepted genus name
*Turricula*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853	later homonym
*Pusia*	Swainson, 1840	synonym
*Turricula*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853	synonym
*Turricula (Uromitra)*	Bellardi, 1888	synonym
*Uromitra*	Bellardi, 1888	synonym
*Vexillum (Costellaria)*	Swainson, 1840	synonym
*Vexillum (Pusia)*	Swainson, 1840	synonym
*Vexillum (Pusiolina)*	Cossmann, 1921	synonym
*Vexillum (Vexillum)*	Röding, 1798	synonym

Species group names

*Voluta tricolor*	Gmelin, 1791	basionym
*Mitra exilis*	Locard, 1890	synonym
*Mitra gracilis*	Costa O.G., 1844	synonym
*Mitra punctulata*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Mitra pusilla*	Bivona Ant., 1832	synonym
*Voluta tricolor*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Turner H. (2001) Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald 1860 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Muricoidea). Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 100 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

Gofas, S.; Robin, A. (2014). Vexillum tricolor. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139420