Axelella

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]
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. 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.
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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