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Vexillum militare

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae

Taxonomy
Mitra militaris was named by Reeve (1845). It is extant.

It was recombined as Turricula militaris by Schepman (1907); it was recombined as Vexillum militare by Chen et al. (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. analoga, V. angustissima, V. approxima, V. attiguum, V. avellanum, V. batavianum, V. batavianum, V. bellum, V. borsoni, V. canaliculatum, V. capense, V. cellulifera, V. cervilirata, V. cincta, V. consanguineum, V. costellaris, V. crebricostatum, V. cruentatum, V. ctenotum, V. decipiens, V. gedinganense, V. hastatum, V. laevicostata, V. lintoidea, V. lirocostata, V. marrowi, V. minuta, V. multiostata, V. notabilis, V. ornatum, V. pluricostatum, V. pricardium, V. radix, V. rectiplicata, V. roemeri, V. setsukoae, V. shurmanni, V. similis, V. subglobosum, V. sucabumianum, V. taeniataeformis, V. taeniatum, V. tallahalaensis, V. terebellum, V. triptum, V. turritum, V. vulpeca, V. vulpecula, V. inornatum, V. montense, V. subcostatum, V. cellulifera, V. bellum, V. biarritzensis, V. cernohorskyi, V. curentatum, V. discoloria, V. festum, V. fuscoapicatum, V. gembacana, V. gembacana, V. leucozonias, V. lirocostatum, V. obeliscum, V. progoensis, V. radius, V. roseum, V. sanguisuga, V. stainforthi, V. strasfogeli, V. subtruncatum, V. syntonum, V. thangaense, V. tortuosum, V. vexans, V. vindobonense, V. zebuense, V. approximatum, V. glandiforme, V. microzonias, V. aciculum, V. amblipleura, V. barbieri, V. barnardense, V. berkeyi, V. boreocinctum, V. cimbrica, V. climacoton, V. climax, V. cnestum, V. ctenotum, V. gliberti, V. gunteri, V. hamadryados, V. hamadryas, V. hastatum, V. healeyi, V. macfadyeni, V. mangilopse, V. mikkulum, V. myrum, V. pliactulum, V. pluricostulata, V. syrum, V. triptum, V. willcoxi, V. willcoxi, V. batavianum, V. coccineum, V. subdivisum, V. vavakuana, V. vulpecula
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2026-05-23; modified by M. Clapham on 2026-05-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Mitra militaris Reeve
1907Turricula militaris Schepman p. 170
2018Vexillum militare Chen et al. p. 434 fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyTurbinelloidea
familyCostellariidaeMacDonald 1860
genusVexillumRöding 1798
speciesmilitare(Reeve 1845)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Vexillum militare Reeve 1845
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available