Axelella

Axelella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Cancellarioidea
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Axelella Petit, 1988
Type species
Cancellaria smithii Dall, 1888
Synonyms[1]
Olssonella Petit, 1970 (Invalid: junior homonym of Olssonella Glibert & van de Poel, 1967; Axelella is a replacement name)

Axelella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.^[1]

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)

References

1. Axelella Petit, 1988.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 December 2012.
2. Axelella campbelli (Shasky, 1961).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
3. Axelella funiculata (Hinds, 1843).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
4. Axelella scalatella (Guppy, 1873).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
5. Axelella smithii (Dall, 1888).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
6. Axelella brasiliensis Verhecken, 1991.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
7. Axelella kastoroae Verhecken, 1997.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
8. Axelella minima (Reeve, 1856).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
9. Axelella nodosivaricosa (Petush, 1979).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
10. Axelella semipellucida (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
11. Axelella suduirauti Verhecken, 1999.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.

• 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
• Hemmen J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae., Hemmen J. (2007) Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp. [With amendments and corrections taken from Petit R.E. (2012) A critique of, and errata for, Recent Cancellariidae by Jens Hemmen, 2007. Conchologia Ingrata 9: 1-8Wiesbaden, 428pp

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