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| Axelella | |
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| Shell of Axelella scalatella | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | Axelella Petit, 1988[1] |
| Type species | |
| Cancellaria smithii Dall, 1888 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Axelella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Axelella include:
- Axelella campbelli (Shasky, 1961)[2]
- † Axelella casacantaurana Landau, Petit, Etter & C. M. Silva, 2012
- † Axelella cativa Landau, Petit & C. M. Silva, 2012
- † Axelella desmotis (J. A. Gardner, 1938)
- † Axelella emblema P. Jung & Petit, 1990
- † Axelella firma Petit & Schmelz, 1991
- Axelella funiculata (Hinds, 1843)[3]
- † Axelella nutrita Landau, Petit, Etter & C. M. Silva, 2012
- † Axelella panamica (Petit, 1976)
- Axelella scalatella (Guppy, 1873)[4]
- Axelella smithii (Dall, 1888)[5]
- † Axelella sphenoidostoma (J. A. Gardner, 1938)
- † Axelella spherotopleura (J. A. Gardner, 1938)
- † Axelella thisbe (Olsson, 1964)
- † Axelella vokesae (Petit, 1970)
- † Axelella yara Landau & Petit, 1997
- Species brought into synonymy
- Axelella brasiliensis Verhecken, 1991:[6] synonym of Pseudobabylonella brasiliensis (Verhecken, 1991)
- Axelella kastoroae Verhecken, 1997:[7] synonym of Nipponaphera kastoroae
- Axelella minima (Reeve, 1856):[8] synonym of Pseudobabylonella minima
- Axelella nodosivaricosa (Petush, 1979):[9] synonym of Nipponaphera nodosivaricosa
- Axelella semipellucida (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850):[10] synonym of Nipponaphera semipellucida
- Axelella suduirauti Verhecken, 1999:[11] synonym of Nipponaphera suduirauti (Verhecken, 1999)
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2025). "Axelella Petit, 1988". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ↑ Axelella campbelli (Shasky, 1961). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ↑ Axelella funiculata (Hinds, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ↑ Axelella scalatella (Guppy, 1873). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ↑ Axelella smithii (Dall, 1888). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ↑ Axelella brasiliensis Verhecken, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ↑ Axelella kastoroae Verhecken, 1997. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ↑ Axelella minima (Reeve, 1856). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ↑ Axelella nodosivaricosa (Petush, 1979). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ↑ Axelella semipellucida (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ↑ Axelella suduirauti Verhecken, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- Petit R.E. (1970). Notes on Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda)— II. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology. 8(2): 83-88, pl. 1.
- 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
External links
[edit]+ Petit, R.E. (1988). "Axelella, new name for Olssonella Petit, 1970, a preoccupied taxon (Mollusca: Cancellariacea)". The Nautilus. 102 (3): 130. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
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