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Axelella

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Description

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

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axelella, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2303149	https://www.gbif.org/species/2303149
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	10818	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=10818

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Cancellariidae : Axelella

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Prosobranchia	Milne-Edwards 1848
superorder	Caenogastropoda	Cox 1959
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Cancellarioidea	Gray 1853
family	Cancellariidae	Gray 1853
subfamily	Cancellariinae	Gray 1853
genus	Axelella	Petit 1988

Scientific Name

Axelella Petit, 1988

Name Published In

Nautilus 102 (3)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Axelella	genus	belongs to Cancellariidae	stated without evidence	Petit, 1988
Axelella	genus	belongs to Cancellariidae	stated with evidence	Jung and Petit, 1990
Axelella	genus	belongs to Neogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Axelella	genus	belongs to Cancellariinae	stated with evidence	Landau et al., 2012

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (19%)

First Recorded Appearance

33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Cancellariidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Cancellariidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. E. Petit. 1988. Axella, new name for Olssonella Petit, 1970, a preocuppied taxon (Mollusca: Cancellariacea). The Nautilus 102(3):130

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axelella

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Axelella axiologa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Axelella bifoliata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Axelella campbelli species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Axelella cativa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Axelella desmotis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Axelella emblema ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Axelella firma ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Axelella funiculata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Axelella panamica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Axelella scalatella ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	11.6 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Axelella smithii species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Axelella spheniodostoma ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Axelella thisbe ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Axelella vokesae ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	28.4 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Axelella williamsi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Axelella yara ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Cancellaria bifoliata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cancellaria desmotis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cancellaria spheniodostoma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Olssonella panamica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Olssonella vokesae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Olssonella williamsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trigonostoma thisbe species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Olssonella Petit, 1970	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Cancellariidae : *Olssonella*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1970	Olssonella Petit p. 83
1976	Olssonella Petit p. 35
1988	Axelella Petit p. 130
1990	Axelella Jung and Petit p. 113
2001	Axelella Todd
2002	Axelella Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Olssonella Sepkoski, Jr.
2012	Axelella Landau et al. p. 926

References

Petit R. E. (1988) Axella, new name for Olssonella Petit, 1970, a preocuppied taxon (Mollusca: Cancellariacea), The Nautilus 102 3, 130

Petit R. E. (1970) Notes on Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) - II, Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 8 1, 83-88

Petit R. E. (1976) Notes on Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) - III, Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 12 1-2, 33-46

Jung P., Petit R. E. (1990) Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 10. The family Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), Bulletins of American Paleontology 98 334, 87-144

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Landau B., Petit R. E., et al (2012) New Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama, with eleven new species, Journal of Paleontology 86 6, 907-930

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: 1-8. http://conchologia.com/publication_pdf/13.pdf] - via World Register of Marine Species

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. - via World Register of Marine Species

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Nautilus 102 (3) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Bouchet et al., 2001 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 (extant taxa) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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