Axelella
Genus of gastropods
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Axelella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
| Axelella | |
|---|---|
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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Olssonella Petit, 1970 (Invalid: junior homonym of Olssonella Glibert & van de Poel, 1967; Axelella is a replacement name) | |
Species
Species within the genus Axelella include:
- Axelella campbelli (Shasky, 1961)[2]
- Axelella funiculata (Hinds, 1843)[3]
- Axelella scalatella (Guppy, 1873)[4]
- Axelella smithii (Dall, 1888)[5]
- 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)
