Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Turbinelloidea > Family Costellariidae > Genus Vexillum

Vexillum depexum (Deshayes, 1833)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Mitra Albers, 1850

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Vexillum*	Röding, 1798	accepted genus name
*Turricula*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853	junior homonym
*Tiara*	Swainson, 1831	synonym
*Tiara (Costellaria)*	Swainson, 1840	synonym
*Uromitra*	Bellardi, 1887	synonym
*Vexillum (Costellaria)*	Swainson, 1840	synonym
*Vexillum (Vexillum)*	Röding, 1798	synonym

Species group names

*Vexillum (Pusia) depexum*	(Deshayes, 1833)	synonym

Literature

additional source	Gori, S.; Rosado, J.; Salisbury, R. A. (2019). Costellariidae (Gastropoda) from Dhofar, Oman with descriptions of eight new species and notes on Vexillum appelii (Jickeli, 1874). Acta Conchyliorum. 18: 25-48.
additional source	Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. Mediterranean Marine Science. 11(2): 381-493.
additional source	Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. Mediterranean Marine Science. 6 (2): 63-118.
additional source	Galil, B. (2007). Seeing Red: Alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Aquatic Invasions. 2(4): 281-312.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vexillum depexum (Deshayes, 1833). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:730989