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

Vexillum pyramidellum (Brocchi, 1814)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

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

*Voluta plicatula*	Brocchi, 1814	subjective synonym
*Voluta pyramidella*	Brocchi, 1814	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Landau, B.; Harzhauser, M. (2024). The Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 25: Mitroidea and Turbinelloidea (Neogastropoda). Cainozoic Research. 24(2): 189-230.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vexillum pyramidellum (Brocchi, 1814) †. 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:1784503

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Environment

marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.