For the gastropod of Costellariidae family, see Vexillum (gastropod).
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The only extant Roman vexillum, 3rd century CE. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Russia.
The vexillum (/vɛkˈsɪləm/; pl.: vexilla) was a flag-like object used as a military standard by units in the Roman army. A common vexillum displayed imagery of the Roman aquila on a reddish backdrop.
The vexillum (/vɛkˈsɪləm/; pl.: vexilla) was a flag-like object used as a military standard by units in the Roman army. A common vexillum displayed imagery...
Vexillum kuiperi is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. This genus is not monophyletic...
Didemnum vexillum is a species of colonial tunicate in the family Didemnidae. It is commonly called sea vomit, marine vomit, pancake batter tunicate, or...
Vexillum coloscopulus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. Vexillum coloscopulus [1...
units of the Roman army. There were three main types of standard (Aquila, Vexillum, Signum). Several throughout its history include: Aquila, the emblem of...
Vexillum dorleti is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. This marine species occurs...
Vexillum fuscovirgatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. This marine species occurs...
water Vexillum (Costellaria) species from French Polynesia with new records of Vexillum (Costellaria) vicmanoui Turner & Marrow, 2001 and Vexillum (Costellaria)...
Vexillum mccauslandi is a species of small sea snail in the family Costellariidae. The length of the shell attains 23 mm. This marine species occurs off...
Pomacea vexillum is a South American species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Ampullariidae...
Vexillum balicasagense is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. The length of the shell...
a vexillophile. The word vexillology is a synthesis of the Latin word vexillum (a kind of square flag which was carried by Roman cavalry) and the Greek...
Vexillum pantherinum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. The length of the shell attains...
Bractechlamys vexillum or the distant scallop is an edible bivalve in the family Pectinidae that is native to the western Central Pacific. MolluscaBase...
from Dhofar, Oman with descriptions of eight new species and notes on Vexillum appelii (Jickeli, 1874). Acta Conchyliorum. 18: 25–48. Wikimedia Commons...
Strigatella vexillum, common name : the vexillate mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter...
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